I sent this by E-Mail, but it didn't show up, so here it is: Olivier Bilodeau wrote: > > I support Simos' suggestion. I would not normally agree with a > > workaround like this but since it is a developer package it would be > > tolerable. > > > > I also think current eclipse users would find it pretty intuitive. In > > the past (when eclipse was part of ubuntu) I always started eclipse as > > root when I wanted to install a plugin. > > > > That would be a great first step without having to heavily hack eclipse > > itself. > > > > Implementation suggestion: Since menu item comments show in tooltips, I > > would suggest pointing out that when as root you can/should install > > plugins. > > > > I actually install eclipse in /opt and own the directory. I realize owning the dir wouldn't work for a debian package, but what about having the install script add a developer group and ask which users should be added to the group. Then the folders for eclipse can have group r+w permissions. This solves the problem of running it as root. What do others think?
Thanks, Micah -- Upgrade to Eclipse 3.4.1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123064 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
