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2019 ?? [message #1802275]

Tue, 05 February 2019 17:14

Anne Creek

Messages: 275
Registered: September 2014

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This is just curiosity post - nothing to write home about.
Does anybody have any info about how often we will have "new and improved " release?
And what is with this nothing descriptive - 03 M1 ??
( Any designation ending with "1" is suspicious )
Actually a list of "new and improved " or "corrected" stuff would be nice too.
Just dreaming.

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Re: 2019 ?? [message #1802281 is a reply to message #1802275]

Tue, 05 February 2019 20:24

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Registered: July 2009

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It's the first milestone ("M1") for the next Simultaneous Release, "2019-03". I'm not sure where the "03" would have been mentioned without the "2019" part. When the simultaneous release went from annually with 2-3 maintenance releases, to just being quarterly, the convention of using a chosen name was dropped.

https://wiki.eclipse.org/SimRel/Simultaneous_Release_Cycle_FAQ

The release calendar itself: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=gchs7nm4nvpm837469ddj9tjlk@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

[Updated on: Tue, 05 February 2019 20:25]

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Re: 2019 ?? [message #1802282 is a reply to message #1802281]

Tue, 05 February 2019 21:40

Anne Creek

Messages: 275
Registered: September 2014

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Thanks for reply.
Not sure I like the "new" cadence of releases.
IMHO it gives bad impression ( of lack) of QA.

Perhaps I'll pass judgement (if anybody cares) on next "easy to update" version.
The 2019 -03 -M1 did not use "installer" - just extracted the download and then run Eclipse.
Maybe it is a time to ditch " NOW we have Installer ..." info.

Also the flash screen still shows 2018-12 . Perhaps that is not part of the new releases plan to update.

PS
App still won't run when project is imported from another workspace.
I am working on that problem.( posted elsewhere )

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Re: 2019 ?? [message #1802300 is a reply to message #1802282]

Wed, 06 February 2019 05:20

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

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The https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/2019-03/m1 page does have installer links. In any case, the installers available from https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Installer can install any version of Eclipse, i.e., these installers contain additional UI controls for choosing the version you wish to installer (and for choosing which JRE/JDK you wish that installation to use). Sometimes it takes a while for the code in the new stream updates the splash screen, but it would definitely be good if that happened for M1.

Ed Merks
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