[jbosstools-dev] Fwd: [Subclipse-Announce] Subclipse moving to Github .. tigris.org project closing down

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

Hey,

Not sure if others noticed this but subclipse moved and upgrades might 
be tricky.

Something that might affect our central update experience.

/max
http://about.me/maxandersen
Forwarded message:

> From: Mark Phippard <markphip at gmail.com>
> To: announce at subclipse.tigris.org, users <users at subclipse.tigris.org>
> Subject: [Subclipse-Announce] Subclipse moving to Github .. tigris.org 
> project closing down
> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 12:06:40 -0400
>
> I have finished moving Subclipse to Github.  In the process, I have 
> also
> overhauled the structure of the repository and setup build automation 
> using
> Maven/Tycho.  To make this easier I have bumped the minimum Eclipse 
> version
> to 4.2.0.
>
> New update sites are available on bintray.com which offers a global 
> CDN
> with fast downloads.
>
> Information on the project and the update sites can be found here:
>
> https://github.com/subclipse/subclipse/wiki
>
> One important note.  Upgrading to the new version does not currently 
> work.
> I have not decided yet if I will fix this, or can.  With the new 
> project, I
> have tried to improve and simplify the packaging so that everything 
> you
> need is in the Subclipse feature and the remaining features are just 
> for
> optional stuff that depends on other Eclipse plugins.  Because I have
> orphaned some of the old features that are no longer needed this 
> causes
> upgrade to complain.
>
> The solution is easy, just uninstall the existing features, including 
> the
> CollabNet Merge Plugin before you install the new version.
>
> I do not plan to try to migrate open issues from tigris.org to Github. 
>  If
> you have open issues you think should still be fixed then re-enter 
> them on
> Github.  If we have not already fixed them, there is a good chance we 
> do
> not plan to.  Though it is also possible we just did not see it, so it 
> is
> up to you.
>
> With the new version, I only plan to support SVN 1.9.x client.  Other 
> than
> a couple of fixes that had been committed to trunk, this new version 
> should
> be the same as the last 1.10.x version in terms of functionality.  It 
> has
> just gone through a new build/packaging process.
>
> I have also included the m2eclipse plugin for Subclipse in our build
> process and included it on the site since a lot of people seem to want 
> this
> still.
>
> Finally, while these mailing lists will remain open, I do not plan to 
> use
> them much.  For questions, just post to StackOverflow and if you want 
> to
> follow releases there are mechanisms available on Github for doing 
> that,
> such as RSS feeds and other tools that will let you get email 
> notifications
> when a new build is posted.
>
> Bintray.com also has a watch feature I have not used that will 
> presumably
> tell you when new builds are posted.
>
> One last thing, as part of setting this up, every commit to master now
> produces a new snapshot build that is posted to a snapshots 
> repository.  So
> if you report a bug and we fix it, you can now get the fix immediately
> without waiting for a formal release to be made.
>
> -- 
> Thanks
>
> Mark Phippard
> http://markphip.blogspot.com/
>
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