Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: eclipse
Eclipse out of box, supports certain target operating environments:
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_3_3.html#TargetOperatingEnvironments
Most Linux distros like Ubuntu bundle GCJ by default. GCJ isn't a
supported environment for Eclipse and is been known to cause quite a few
issues (like random crashes and certain functionality not working). I
humbly request that the Ubuntu team consider warning their users about
this issue, or making it so that the Eclipse distribution within Ubuntu
requires OpenJDK7 or some other flavor of JDK that is supported by
Eclipse.
Here's a bug over at Eclipse for reference.
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=191254
We are doing our users a disservice on both ends by not informing them
of problems. Users either think that Eclipse sucks because it randomly
crashes or that Ubuntu sucks by providing a badly packaged Eclipse.
** Affects: eclipse (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: eclipse
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Warn Eclipse users if they aren't running a supported platform
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/158457
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