Thank you Markus. It appears that there is not a single repo but a number of repos: https://git.eclipse.org/c/?q=e4 and they use maven (v.3) to compile it. I have a question: what is the feeling of this community for Maven? Can it be used to compile Java programs during Debian packaging?
Regards, Luca Il 09/10/2015 19:19, Markus Koschany ha scritto: > Am 09.10.2015 um 18:43 schrieb Luca Vercelli: >> I agree with the question. Is there any plan to package a more recent >> version of Eclipse, i.e. Eclipse 4.4 Luna or Eclipse 4.5 Mars? >> 3.8 is quite an old version, and I don't think it's a good practice to >> use such an obsolete software. This is just my personal opinion, of course. >> I would like to contribute to packaging, if needed. > Yes, we would like to see a newer version of Eclipse too. There is > always need for more packagers. The latest version of Eclipse requires a > lot of work before it can be included. In order to help us you could: > > - Find out where the latest sources of Eclipse 4.5 are located. > - What build-dependencies are required? Do we have to package new ones > for Debian? A work plan would be nice. > - Create an initial Debian package of Eclipse similar to > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/eclipse > > > We probably have to start from scratch again (different build-system, > obsolete patches, new patches required, etc.). > > As soon as the core package works again we have to find out if further > updates are necessary, so that the whole Eclipse ecosystem stays intact: > > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all§ion=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=eclipse > > Regards, > > Markus >
