Comments on: Eclipse Europa… Too Many Choices…

By: Erik Weibust

Erik Weibust — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:34:34 +0000

Thanks Fran… I’m still confused why Eclipse needs an Eclipse version and a Classic version. WTH?

By: fran

fran — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:07:41 +0000

Take a look

i had the same issue until I saw this page.

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/compare.php

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:01:50 +0000

Hi, well i got the same problem when i tried to download eclipse!!!
that’s why i stop by this blog…. i wonder which version is the best for J2ME apps development, actually i dont know….
i think im gonna pick the classic one…

By: mike

mike — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:33:41 +0000

Looks good. I was able to open my workspace from classic 3.1 no problem. And I already noticed a few nice bug fixes in 3.3. Thanks

By: mike

mike — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:32:45 +0000

I was previously using classic 3.1 for java development. I’m wondering if I switch to europa will it be seamless (importing existing projects) and will I be missing anything that I had in classic. Guess I will give it a go & let you know…

By: Ian Skerrett

Ian Skerrett — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:34:19 +0000

I should have mentioned that if you want an Eclipse distro there are a number of organizations providing distros. Yoxos is probably the most comprehensive http://eclipsediscovery.yoxos.com/discovery/rap

By: erik

erik — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:41:29 +0000

Howdy Avery, Thanks for dropping by.

I agree with you on the need for a true all-in-one. I wasted a full day downloading and building an Eclipse distro for my teams dev environment.

Erik

By: Avery Regier

Avery Regier — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:30:25 +0000

It may be too big to have an all in one for normal downloads, but that is what BitTorrent is for.

An all in one would greatly simplify the setup process, when all you really want is a way to get started quickly without having to be bothered with a bunch of secondary installs and updates and figuring your way through the update manager. My time is more valuable than that. Yes, the download may take a while, but again, that’s why we have BitTorrent.

By not including Mylin and the XML editor in Classic, you just made the Classic install much less inviting and useful.

By: erik

erik — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:41:51 +0000

Ian,

Thanks a ton for clearing things up.

Erik

By: Ian Skerrett

Ian Skerrett — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:55:06 +0000

Erik,

Think Eclipse Classic = Eclipse Platform + JDT + PDE + All Source Code. I hope this helps.

Dean,

Thanks for the feedback. We will try to improve the descriptions for each package. If you do want all 21 projects, I would suggest starting with Eclipse Classic or Eclipse for RCP Developer. Then use the update manager to download what you want. Putting all 21 projects into one download would have made it just too big.