Re: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] Serious issue with Eclipse and me

[Mike Milinkovich <mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At the risk of sounding like a complete moron, has anyone tried 
re-compiling the existing launcher with the very latest and greatest 
version of Xcode, on a machine running the new MacOS version?

On 2017-09-18 3:54 PM, Torkild U. Resheim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please do not install the beta/GM on your workstations unless you are prepared to face the consequences ;) Well, actually I’m doing pretty good all thanks to the «Quick Access», I rarely used the menu anyway. But for RCP applications without this feature we do have a problem.
>
> I believe we are plenty of people looking into it and there are quite a few that can reproduce the issue. I guess the question is whether or not one is inclined to start digging into the Eclipse launcher executable, which I think is the culprit. I might be wrong, but in any case it appears we’re talking about some delicate OS/UI thing.
>
> I can try to sum up the current situation:
>
> * Menus are disabled on macOS 10.13 when running Eclipse Platform based applications
> * Plain SWT applications are not affected
> * This has only happened when running on real hardware
> * Using VirtualBox and VMWare we have been unsuccessful reproducing the issue
> * But on one i5 based MacBook Pro it could not be reproduced (Martin O.)
> * We have tried various combinations of Java installations, but that appears unrelated
> * When the native launcher (eclipse.exe) is omitted, the problem does not occur
>
> Best regards,
> Torkild
>
>
> > 18. sep. 2017 kl. 19:12 skrev Martin Lippert <mlippert@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > Hey!
> >
> > Could try on real hardware tomorrow, if that helps, but sounds like some folks are already looking into this. Is that right?
> > Sounds like a super major issue if this happens on real hardware running macOS High Sierra… :-(
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Martin
> >
> >
> >
> > > Am 18.09.2017 um 19:05 schrieb Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > Martin,
> > >
> > > the problem does not appear on virtual boxes. You would need to test on "real" hardware.
> > >
> > > Dani
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From:        Martin Lippert <mlippert@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To:        "eclipse.org-architecture-council" <eclipse.org-architecture-council@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date:        18.09.2017 18:48
> > > Subject:        Re: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] Serious issue with Eclipse and menus on macOS 10.13
> > > Sent by:        eclipse.org-architecture-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey!
> > >
> > > I tested this today, too. I am running VMware Fusion (8.5.8) and have macOS High Sierra Build 17A362a (GM candidate build) installed.
> > > I DO NOT see the described issues. Tested Eclipse Oxygen.1RC4 (Java EPP) as well as STS ci builds.
> > >
> > > What version of macOS High Sierra do you use, Torkild?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -Martin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Am 17.09.2017 um 20:16 schrieb Torkild U. Resheim <torkildr@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > > >
> > > > Ed,
> > > >
> > > > Yes, this appears to be the same problem. I used VMWare Fusion and the rescue partition to create a virtual machine with 10.12 – which I then upgraded to the various betas. I don’t know of any other means.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Torkild
> > > > > 17. sep. 2017 kl. 08:22 skrev Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > >
> > > > > Torkild,
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you think the following problem reported in the newcomers forum is an example of this problem:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.eclipse.org_forums_index.php_mv_msg_1088892_1772827_-23msg-5F1772827&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=1UITCR5rxUZHSFczvfaNFK4ymEbEiccRX7VKchpqz0Y&m=OKXkGWHkrorNXk5Qy5i_fnrgZL_4q1DRqDMZcdx37NI&s=Z3aV8rWWoMMBg4y0kd6tAzswOvOX3S-4xSNBshqT_5w&e=
> > > > >
> > > > > How can one install a virtual machine with this version of MacOS to test it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Ed