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Buckminster download for Eclipse Neon (4.6.x)? [message #1735277]

Thu, 16 June 2016 21:13

Jag Per

Messages: 6
Registered: July 2012

Junior Member

We are preparing our product for migrating to Eclipse Neon (4.6.x) release. I noticed that Eclipse Buckminster download for eclipse-4.6 is not available yet and is impacting our plans to support 4.6.

Any information on when the updated Buckminster will be made available?

Thanks.

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Re: Buckminster download for Eclipse Neon (4.6.x)? [message #1735477 is a reply to message #1735277]

Mon, 20 June 2016 09:41

Matthew Webber

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Registered: September 2014

Junior Member

For previous Eclipse simultaneous releases, Thomas Hallgren has usually uploaded a matching Buckminster version shortly after the Eclipse release.

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Re: Buckminster download for Eclipse Neon (4.6.x)? [message #1736741 is a reply to message #1735477]

Fri, 01 July 2016 12:14

Jag Per

Messages: 6
Registered: July 2012

Junior Member

Thanks Matthew. Is it possible to get a tenative date for the availability of new vpersion? It will help us to decide if we can support Neon before the next release of our product. Is there a way to send a message to Thomas Hallgren or the Buckminster team directly ?

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Re: Buckminster download for Eclipse Neon (4.6.x)? [message #1740560 is a reply to message #1736741]

Mon, 15 August 2016 17:05

Jag Per

Messages: 6
Registered: July 2012

Junior Member

Thomas Hallgren,
Any information on when the updated Buckminster (for Neon) will be made available?

Thanks.

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Re: Buckminster download for Eclipse Neon (4.6.x)? [message #1741989 is a reply to message #1740560]

Mon, 15 August 2016 17:54

Ed Willink

Messages: 7655
Registered: July 2009

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Hi

Buckminster is unfortunately subject to a vicious circle.

Fewer users => less support.
Less support => fewer users.

You will notice that questions about the Neon release go unanswered and
few Eclipse projects now use Buckminster. Most projects have migrated to
Maven/Tycho. I have recognised that, for my projects, the pain and risk
of not migrating is now greater than the pain and risk of migrating.

You might want to review your position too.

Regards

Ed Willink

On 15/08/2016 18:05, Jag Per wrote:
> Thomas Hallgren,
> Any information on when the updated Buckminster (for Neon) will be made
> available?
>
> Thanks.

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Re: Buckminster download for Eclipse Neon (4.6.x)? [message #1741990 is a reply to message #1741989]

Tue, 16 August 2016 14:11

Felix Dorner

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Registered: December 2015

Senior Member

On 15-Aug-16 19:54, Ed Willink wrote:
> Hi
>
> Buckminster is unfortunately subject to a vicious circle.
>
> Fewer users => less support.
> Less support => fewer users.
>
> You will notice that questions about the Neon release go unanswered and
> few Eclipse projects now use Buckminster.

Do you have any numbers on that?

Felix

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Re: Buckminster download for Eclipse Neon (4.6.x)? [message #1741991 is a reply to message #1741990]

Tue, 16 August 2016 15:20

Ed Willink

Messages: 7655
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi

No. Sorry you'll have to do your own research. I have just noticed that
none of my peer projects use Buckminster any more. Issues with
Buckminster in the aggregation build meet with the polite 'respect'
normally reserved for someone who uses Notepad to develop Java programs.

Regards

Ed Willink

On 16/08/2016 15:11, Felix Dorner wrote:
> On 15-Aug-16 19:54, Ed Willink wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Buckminster is unfortunately subject to a vicious circle.
>>
>> Fewer users => less support.
>> Less support => fewer users.
>>
>> You will notice that questions about the Neon release go unanswered and
>> few Eclipse projects now use Buckminster.
>
> Do you have any numbers on that?
>
> Felix
>

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