I made my own packages of Eclipse and a bunch of plugins using the release tarballs from eclipse.org: https://edge.launchpad.net/~yogarine/+archive/ppa
I did this because from my experience installing Eclipse and then installing all the plugins you want is always a big hassle that can take up a whole hour. Why go to all that trouble if you can just type: sudo apt-get install eclipse-pdt Just give my ppa a try and I'm sure you'll like the idea. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Oli <o...@thepcspy.com> wrote: > Caesar, that's really dangerous thinking there. Those same arguments could > be levelled against lots of other mature apps that have their own > ecosystems... Surely you wouldn't suggest not packaging (for example) > Firefox? > > We use packages for a good reason: it keeps things sturdy and constant > between similar machines and results in a standardised install process you > can script for any machine. It also, psychologically speaking, instils an > ethos of installing things from a trusted source. Downloading things from > all-over the internet is one reason why the security landscape is so mired > on Windows. > > You might try and say that Eclipse appeals to a different audience but > looking at Add/Remove, it's is one of the most popular packages in the > package popularity contest for the Programming section, only beaten outright > by Python (for obvious reasons). People want it and they want to get it from > Ubuntu's repositories. > > I don't deny that downloading and untarring Eclipse from eclipse.org works > but that's not the point. Eclipse is major software that thousands (if not > millions) of people use. "It's a waste of time" doesn't seem like a valid > argument. > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Caesar <gaius.jul...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oli, I think the reason this will never be done is really simple: not >> having elcipse package is not a problem. >> >> At all. >> >> It's really easy to install eclipse manually, It have it's own internal >> update, plugins installation and dependency resolving system. Same time, >> any "external" update and plugins installation are complex, unreliable >> and... just never worse the time spent on them vs. simplicity of eclipse >> manual installation and self-update. >> >> Who want to kill days or even weeks on the problem that can be solved in >> other way in 5 minutes? >> >> Just forget about the eclipse package. Anyone who need it will be able >> to install manually. >> >> -- >> Upgrade to Eclipse 3.4.2 >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123064 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> > > -- > Upgrade to Eclipse 3.4.2 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123064 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Alwin Garside Email: yogar...@gmail.com Blog: http://www.yogarine.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/yogarine MSN: yogar...@msn.com Skype: yogarine Phone: +31 (0)23 8442699 Mobile: +31 (0)6 49 748 424 -- Upgrade to Eclipse 3.4.2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123064 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
