Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:29:37 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: adding and maintaining the port upstream Message-ID: <4D9F29E1.6020606@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4D95B654.1090900@FreeBSD.org> References: <4D95B654.1090900@FreeBSD.org>
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on 01/04/2011 14:26 Andriy Gapon said the following: > > As a an Eclipse user I would really love to have this. > I think that many people would also appreciate it. > > But I have not been involved in Eclipse porting and maintaining at all. > > So I'd like to ask the people who have been doing all the hard (and very > impressive!) work for many years. > Guys, what do you think about this? > > Here is a link that describes the procedure of adding a new platform: > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng-faq#I_would_like_to_recompile_eclipse_on_a_platform_that_is_not_currently_supported._What_is_the_best_approach_to_this.3F__How_can_I_ensure_that_the_community_can_use_my_work.3F > > I've asked people on the eclipse-dev mailing list: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.eclipse.devel/1860 > and they "haven't had success in the past with community contributions of new > platforms". Their biggest concern is the ongoing support/maintenance - fixing > bugs, staying current with the changes, etc. > > On one hand, pushing most of our porting changes upstream should make future > porting easier for us. On the other hand, it's a big commitment. We (you, > actually) already do sort of maintenance work, but currently it seems to be more > of on-and-off kind rather than continuous - but I could be wrong here, because I > have not been deeply involved in FreeBSD Eclipse community. > > So, what is the best for us? So, no interest? -- Andriy Gapon
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