Re: [jdt-dev] 4.9-P-builds update site not available again

[Philippe Cadé <philippe.cade@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

Gunnar, I fail to find the patches for Java 11 in the link you provided. This is what is interesting to me, not the base 4.9 version.

I see now more and more that it is dangerous for us to rely on some external software sites that could disappear from one day to the other; we will indeed have to put some measures in place to protect us from that. I also understand that the open source community wants to move forward.

However I don't always understand the logic of when to remove things. Why would a patch to support Java 8 on Eclipse 4.3 be still available today [1] but not a patch to support Java 11 on 4.9?

Philippe

[1] https://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/P20140317-1600/

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 10:30 AM Gunnar Wagenknecht <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Philippe,

> As I said last time, we are not able to move to 4.10 because our code doesn't compile with that version due to split packages issues. This code is for one of our stable branches that we need to support for another couple of years. Our policy only allows bug fixes on this branch so changing the compiler version is not possible.
>
> We are using Eclipse 4.13 for our newest code where we have solved the split package issues and there everything is fine.
>
> We would really appreciate if you could put this update site up again.

The old versions are still available here:
https://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/R-4.9-201809060745/

If you are relying on this for another couple of years, I highly recommend setting up an internal mirror that you use in your CI/CD pipeline. We do the same. Depending on how critical this is to your business, you might want to consider setting up a branch with back ports of important fixes.

There are consulting companies available in case you need help:
https://www.eclipse.org/membership/exploreMembership.php

Please be mindful about the limited resources of teams working on open source. They need to focus on the future and innovation. They shouldn't spend time in maintaining legacy.

Thanks!

-Gunnar

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Gunnar Wagenknecht
gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://guw.io/


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