Hi Markus! On 04/29/2016 04:34 PM, Markus Koschany wrote: > > Hi, > > the answer is pretty simple. Someone needs to do the work because > Eclipse won't package itself.
I did not mean to offend anybody, just wanted to know if its just lack of time or if there are other already known problems for not packaging it. > A lot of time has passed between the > current version in Debian and the most recent version. The new build > system Tycho is completely different and is now Maven based. It must be > packaged first. Several modules must be updated as well. And most > importantly Eclipse must be maintained for the future. It's not about > getting a new version into Debian and then you can stop working on it > and everything will be fine. That's a constant process of repeating tasks. > Of course, its not solely packaging and than you are fine but currently that would be the first required action I guess. > In my opinion it should be obvious that Eclipse needs help. So an RFH > bug won't change much. Maybe not, but it will certainly not do any harm and maybe draw attention to more developers, maintainers or people who might want to help. > Eclipse requires at least one dedicated > maintainer but the more the merrier. So if you want to help us > to_maintain_ the packages, be more than welcome. I would help you to get > the packages into Debian. > That is good to know. So currently nobody is working on it? I saw you made some commits on an experimental branch regarding 4.5.1. I will take a deeper look and try to check which steps are required to make an upgrade possible. You already mentioned packaging the new build-system (tycho). That seems a logical step to start with. If any of the current maintainers could provide additional information to whats required, I would appreciate it very much. > Regards, > > Markus > Thanks for your reply. Greetings Peter
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