[fedora-java] Fedora Eclipse 3.2 for FC-5

[Ben Konrath]

On Mon, 2006-11-09 at 21:25 -0600, Aaron Luchko wrote:
<snip>
> One minor nitpick with these packages though, the update sites listed in
> the update manager were from 3.1, I had to export the update sites from
> an upstream download in 3.2 and import them into this version to be able
> to install 3.2 updates. I think the problem is in
> /usr/share/eclipse/features/org.eclipse.sdk_3.2.0.v20060609m-GpOJnQq-7es-zhF/feature.xml
> a diff with upstream shows
> 
>     <url>
> -      <update label="%updateSiteName"
> url="http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.1"/>
> -      <discovery label="%updateSiteName"
> url="http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.1"/>
> +      <update label="%updateSiteName"
> url="http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.2"/>
> +      <discovery label="%updateSiteName"
> url="http://update.eclipse.org/updates/3.2"/>
> +      <discovery label="%secondaryUpdateSiteName"
> url="http://download.eclipse.org/callisto/releases"/>
>     </url>

Thanks. Here's the bug if you're interested:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=205933

I looked into this the other day and I think we can get rid of the
script if I re-organize files list. Expect a fix in the next couple of
days.

> On a side, and decidedly unrelated to java, note it would nice if there
> was some supported way of installing different versions of packages with
> yum other than installing from rawhide and possibly needing a massive
> pile of other dependencies. Something like a fedora-beta or yum
> --getVersion flag that lets someone get a development version of the
> package (like eclipse 3.2) with a minimal set of dependencies. I just
> think of the number of times I've needed to install a fairly stable beta
> of some application to my home directory because even if there was an
> rpm there would be too many broken dependencies in updating it. 
> 
> Of course, I say this as someone who wouldn't have to do the packaging
> or chase down bugs popping up in all the different configurations :)

Another problem is that packages compiled with a newer compiler will not
always work on the older system.

Ben