[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-24841) Remove findbugs plugin from Central

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-24841?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13459921#comment-13459921 ] 

Nick Boldt commented on JBIDE-24841:
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Given this plugin is also on the Eclipse Marketplace, do we REALLY want it in Central?

https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/spotbugs-eclipse-plugin

Or can we just expect that users will find it there? Asking because I'm not a customer or a findbugs/spotbugs user, so I don't know if any users/customers care about this. 

Looking at GA data for the last 8 months, I see about 1000 installs via Central. That's 0.03% of all installs via Central for that period.

So... maybe we just want to remove FindBugs, not replace it?

[~mmalina] [~rpdavis] [~jeffmaury] WDYT? 

> Remove findbugs plugin from Central
> -----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-24841
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-24841
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: central-update, target-platform, updatesite, upstream
>    Affects Versions: 4.5.0.Final
>            Reporter: Martin Malina
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 4.5.1.AM2
>
>
> I suggest we remove FindBugs connector from Central. It seems it hasn't been developed for some time now. The version we have in central is:
> edu.umd.cs.findbugs.plugin.eclipse_3.0.1.20150306-5afe4d1
> And if you look at the project's update site, that's still the latest release there is:
> http://findbugs.cs.umd.edu/eclipse/
> Furthermore, it kind of broke for me now. I never tested it extensively. But I would create a project and then right-click -> Find Bugs -> Find Bugs. This would open a window showing progress as the project is searched for bugs. When I tried it now, no window appears. For a few seconds something shows up in the status bar. But I can't see the results anywhere.
> Since this is Central, we could do this right away - affecting devstudio 11 / jbosstools 4.5.0. But I guess we need PM approval first.



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