From owner-freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 25 06:31:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E8E106564A for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbowie@buzmo.com) Received: from mail138.messagelabs.com (mail138.messagelabs.com [216.82.249.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7C888FC13 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:31:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbowie@buzmo.com) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: mbowie@buzmo.com X-Msg-Ref: server-8.tower-138.messagelabs.com!1232863489!73462504!1 X-StarScan-Version: 6.0.0; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [69.12.11.77] Received: (qmail 9703 invoked from network); 25 Jan 2009 06:04:49 -0000 Received: from smtp1.dfw.fabriclabs.com (HELO smtp1.dfw.fabriclabs.com) (69.12.11.77) by server-8.tower-138.messagelabs.com with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 25 Jan 2009 06:04:49 -0000 Received: from Macintosh.vny.strongaero.com (nat.strongaero.com [64.81.41.58]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp1.dfw.fabriclabs.com (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id n0P65eH8009729; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:05:45 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mbowie@buzmo.com) Message-ID: <497C00FB.1070204@buzmo.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:04:43 -0800 From: Mike Bowie User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Macintosh/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lewis References: <20090125051928.GA86858@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20090125051928.GA86858@misty.eyesbeyond.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Eclipse plugins ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD users of eclipse EDI, tools, rich client apps & ports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:31:32 -0000 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