Comment 218 for bug 123064

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pkt wrote:
> WRT inclusion of eclipse in debian / ubuntu a promising direction is
> to utilize the eclipse-build system developed as part of the linux tools
> project upstream @ eclipse.org
>
> I think this project already has its first (alpha sort of) release.

Judging by the changelog for Eclipse in Ubuntu Karmic, it's about to go
into production:

eclipse (3.5.1-0~ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Fix build failure on lpia.

  * For anything else kudos to the eclipse-team.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:22:24 +0200

eclipse (3.5.1-0~ppa1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. (LP: #123064)

    - Supports xulrunner-1.9.1 (Closes: #538871, #507536)

  * Converted build system to use eclipse-build. (Closes: #501533)

> Otherwise there are a few existing packages but currently there seems
> to be a lack of volunteers. E.g., I have no time to continue my effort
> until next May due to serving in the greek army.
>
> To everyone complaining: feel free to look at the problem. If you
> have a use for eclipse there is a good chance you are a Java/Ant
> developer so why not contribute?

Yes, I would love to, and was going to compose a mail to this effect
anyway, so your mail links nicely to what I was going to say. I wanted
to use the Mylyn, pydev and svn plugins the other day and discovered
that they are not yet packaged. CDT is another I may be interested in
down the line.

I'd love to contribute a package, but frankly I wouldn't know where to
start. Is there any possibility that someone with the requisite
knowledge could talk some potential contributors through the process on
IRC? A bit like the OpenWeek sessions, but targeted directly at
building Eclipse plugin packages? If that knowledge can be passed on to
a few people, we can each then help other people who show an interest
and hopefully each contribute a package or two, to spread the load.

Cheers,

JT
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