Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:04:43 -0800 From: Mike Bowie <mbowie@buzmo.com> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Eclipse plugins ports? Message-ID: <497C00FB.1070204@buzmo.com> In-Reply-To: <20090125051928.GA86858@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <20090125051928.GA86858@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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Greg Lewis wrote: > G'day all, > > I'm looking into a problem with one of the Eclipse plugin ports and I have > to say that I wonder why we bother having plugin ports. Eclipse has good > built in plugin management tools, so the only reason I can see for having > a port for one is if there is some code that needs changes (and the only > one of those I see is eclipse-cdt). > > What are peoples thoughts on this? Who feels they get a lot of value out > of having FreeBSD ports for those plugins that we do have and why? > G'day indeed Greg, Nice to hear from you. If you recall or review a few of my prior posts on the matter, you'll find I was wondering the same thing. I myself don't see the point at this, uh, point, besides the minor patches to CDT, everything else is somewhat redundant and only serves to cause confusion. Cheers, Mike. -- "You don't see FreeBSD developers sitting in a smoke-filled room plotting the overthrow of Microsoft. We sit in light, airy rooms and plot where to get the best drinks." - Michael Lucas
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