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Old plugins left behind after upgrade [message #80000]

Sun, 22 June 2003 05:56

Eclipse User

Is this normal? I used the update manager for the first time to upgrade
Eclipse. After doing so, the disk usage for my installation folder went
way up. I checked the plugins folder, and there are old verions of most of
the plugins still there alongside the new versions. Is this supposed to be
the case?

How do I clean this up? Do I have to go through manually removing the old
folders individually?

Re: Old plugins left behind after upgrade [message #80272 is a reply to message #80000]

Sun, 22 June 2003 18:28

Eclipse User

It is normal. Currently you have to manually remove the old folders.

Peter
Michael Brennan wrote:
> Is this normal? I used the update manager for the first time to upgrade
> Eclipse. After doing so, the disk usage for my installation folder went
> way up. I checked the plugins folder, and there are old verions of most of
> the plugins still there alongside the new versions. Is this supposed to be
> the case?
>
> How do I clean this up? Do I have to go through manually removing the old
> folders individually?
>
>

Re: Old plugins left behind after upgrade [message #80285 is a reply to message #80272]

Sun, 22 June 2003 20:16

Eclipse User

Thanks for the info. Are there any plans to change this? It seems like
this could be a real headache for users. I would think the old plugins
should be removed unless they are part of a saved configuration. No?

Peter Manahan wrote:

> It is normal. Currently you have to manually remove the old folders.

> Peter
> Michael Brennan wrote:
> > Is this normal? I used the update manager for the first time to upgrade
> > Eclipse. After doing so, the disk usage for my installation folder went
> > way up. I checked the plugins folder, and there are old verions of most of
> > the plugins still there alongside the new versions. Is this supposed to be
> > the case?
> >
> > How do I clean this up? Do I have to go through manually removing the old
> > folders individually?

Re: Old plugins left behind after upgrade [message #80300 is a reply to message #80285]

Sun, 22 June 2003 20:43

Eclipse User

I believe 3.0 may have plans for this
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=37689

Peter
Michael Brennan wrote:
> Thanks for the info. Are there any plans to change this? It seems like
> this could be a real headache for users. I would think the old plugins
> should be removed unless they are part of a saved configuration. No?
>
> Peter Manahan wrote:
>
>
>>It is normal. Currently you have to manually remove the old folders.
>
>
>>Peter
>>Michael Brennan wrote:
>>
>>>Is this normal? I used the update manager for the first time to upgrade
>>>Eclipse. After doing so, the disk usage for my installation folder went
>>>way up. I checked the plugins folder, and there are old verions of most of
>>>the plugins still there alongside the new versions. Is this supposed to be
>>>the case?
>>>
>>>How do I clean this up? Do I have to go through manually removing the old
>>>folders individually?
>
>
>
>
>
>

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