Re: [platform-ui-dev] Any good way to migrate to newlydownloadedEclipse?

[Lars Vogel <lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK the marketplace client has the option to store your favorite and
allow to reinstall them, but I have not tried that feature yet.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 11:00 PM, Leo Ufimtsev <lufimtse@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thank you for the advise guys!
>
> With integration builds I seem to be missing some plugins (CDT?). And when
> adding CDT site manually there are some installation issues also.
> But I've had more success with the mainteance builds. Seem a bit more
> stable...
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 1:58 PM, David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> I think Andrey's suggestion is a good one (I can't say I have personally
>> tried it, but should work very well).
>>
>> But since original question asked explicitly if there was a "nightly
>> update site", I did want to say there is a nightly update site. While the
>> wiki needs updating (Bug 497339) there is a wiki page that describes the
>> different types of update sites we provide:
>> https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Project_Update_Sites
>> This is linked to from the top of the main DL page at
>> http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/
>>
>> Be sure to read the 2 cautions about using "nightlies", though. A. "They
>> are completely untested and will almost always have major problems." (I am
>> not sure "almost always" is quite right, but I would say at least "often"
>> will have major problems) and B. "Don't mix with non-N repositories!"  Since
>> 'N' is "higher than" 'I' once on an N-build, you can't "go back" to an
>> I-build. Plus, N-builds are not signed.
>>
>> Many people would advise to stick with I-builds (and I-build repositories)
>> to do most of your development with, and only use Nightlies when you have a
>> specific test case that requires some API that was just introduced within
>> days -- even then, the new API might change before the next I-build -- which
>> may or may not suit your purposes.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From:        Andrey Loskutov <loskutov@xxxxxx>
>> To:        "Eclipse Platform UI component developers list."
>> <platform-ui-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Leo Ufimtsev <lufimtse@xxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Date:        07/05/2016 12:36 PM
>> Subject:        Re: [platform-ui-dev] Any good way to migrate to newly
>> downloaded        Eclipse?
>> Sent by:        platform-ui-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> ________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Leo,
>> I use a p2f install file as described here:
>>
>> http://javaclipse.blogspot.de/2016/06/quick-setup-for-developing-on-pure-sdk.html
>>
>> So far this was the cleanest and fastest way to get a fresh nightly SDK
>> prepared to hack on SDK.
>>
>> Am 5. Juli 2016 18:28:44 MESZ, schrieb Leo Ufimtsev <lufimtse@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >To keep up with development, I often download "Nightly builds":
>> >http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/
>> >
>> >When launch it, my workspace/mylyn data survives as I keep them outside
>> >eclipse,  but my plugins and their configurations are lost, so I have
>> >to
>> >re-download and re-configure them.
>> >
>> >Does anyone know if there a way to migrate plugins or is there a better
>> >way
>> >to keep eclipse up to date (to nightly level)? (like update eclipse
>> >through
>> >some nightly update site??)
>> >
>> >Thank you
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>> Andrey Loskutov
>>
>> http://google.com/+AndreyLoskutov
>>
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