[geclipse-dev] switching to Ganymede / Eclipse 3.4

[Markus Knauer <mknauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Status of the switch:

* Nightly build is driven by Eclipse 3.4, but it still compiles against a 
3.3/Europa target - this is one of the remaining steps.

* EPP packages are built against Eclipse 3.4 / Ganymede from now on; they are 
building but I expect some minor issues.

* I created two Yoxos profiles to make the switch to 3.4/Ganymede as easy as 
possible. Maybe there are some volunteers out there who want to give it a try 
and send me some feedback about it before everybody switches to 3.4/Ganymede. 
Maybe we can discuss this in the call tomorrow.

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Yoxos profiles:

* Open Yoxos-on-Demand http://ondemand.yoxos.com
  ** Committers with write access to the eclipse.org repository choose in the
     plug-in explorer:
     [Public Profiles|Eclipse Contributors|g-Eclipse Development (committer)]
     direct link: 
http://ondemand.yoxos.com/geteclipse/start?profiles=868129468_1219065557293723646

  ** Contributors without write access to SVN at eclipse.org choose
     [Public Profiles|Eclipse Contributors|g-Eclipse Development]
     direct link: 
http://ondemand.yoxos.com/geteclipse/start?profiles=868129468_1218707196035418732

* Start download and unzip the archive

* Start Eclipse and (*IMPORTANT*) create a new workspace

  NOTE: If you are behind a proxy, add the appropriate settings in the
  preferences and restart Eclipse.

* In the bottom right corner you can find the 'Yoxos Notification' window; by 
clicking on 'Workspace Provisioning update pending' you can start the 
workspace provisioning which configures Checkstyle, Mylyn, many preferences 
settings (Java compiler warnings, etc.) and pulls the complete code from SVN 
and CVS repositories.

  NOTE 1: Before the provisioning process checks out the projects from CVS,
  you will be asked for your username and password. Enter your user 
  credentials (or 'anoncvs' as username).

  NOTE 2: Subversion: This package contains Subversive with two different 
  connectors. By default it uses SVNKit 1.1.7, but some other SVN command 
  line tools of your operating system may require a newer version (e.g. 
  Debian). In that case you can switch to SVNKit 1.2.0 in the preferences.

* Re-enable the automatic build [Projects|Build Automatically] after your new 
workspace has been created.

As a result you end up with a completely separate 3.4/Ganymede based g-Eclipse 
development environment and your old installation remains untouched. Check 
your new eclipse.ini file and compare it with your old one - maybe you need 
special JVM or memory settings on your computer.