[Fwd: Re: Q) eclipse 3.2 (Callisto)]

[David Sledge]

>
> > I made the  port directory eclipse3.2 so that  eclipse 3.1.2 can
> > still be installed if people have problems with the new version.
> > [...] Also, would it be better to  submit it as an update to the
> > existing eclipse port or leave it as a new port eclipse3.2?
>
> That is  not a good  idea to have two  versions of Eclipse  in our
> ports tree  because there are  26 ports depending on  Eclipse.  So
> basically if you have two versions of Eclipse you'll have 54 ports
> to maintain instead of 27.  AFAICT it is too big an effort for the
> FreeBSD Eclipse community.
>
> Best regards,
> --
>      Jean-Baptiste Quenot
> aka  John Banana Qwerty
>
>
I will move the eclipse3.2 port to eclipse and recreate the shar. When I am
done I will post it on a website for people to download and try out. I
should have it available early this afternoon. Thank you for the
information.