Hello Kai,
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 11:30:22PM +0200, Kai Wb. wrote: > Package: eclipse-platform > Version: 3.2.1-6 > Severity: important > Justification: Renders package unusable for normal (new/inexperienced) users Please report such bugs against the latest version. > This package is the base-package for several standalone packages like > eclipse-cdt. And if you install e.g. eclipse-cdt it's only based on > eclipse-platform. But eclipse-platform brings no script/program for running > eclipse (nothing is installed to /usr/bin which means a normal user expects to > install eclipse-cdt and have a running eclipse-system which is startable via > the > normal commands (in this case that would be eclipse on the shell or via the > preferred GUI (e.g. KDE)). > > This problem is made worse by the fact that no documentation accompanies this > package. > > This results in four possible approaches (as far as I can see) for resolving > this problem: > 1) raise eclipse from recommends (this should maybe forwarded to > eclipse-cdt/-jdt/-...) to depends or > 2) integrate the binaries into eclipse-platform or > 3) create eclipse-bin package on which all plugins like CDT depend or > 4) state clearly in the package-description of the plugins, that eclipse is > required for running them. > > Again: this is not a problem for experienced users but for people who want to > have a start with Debian (today I encountered this problem when helping a > friend > of mine). > > If you need further information, feel free to contact me. I'm not sure about this. eclipse-platform is just a package to provide some core functionality to be used by other packages based on the code. The basic idea is that eclipse-cdt and such plugins depend on eclipse and not on eclipse-platform. If they want to have their own environment they should provide it. Perhaps I'm missing something. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
