release-notes/devel/en_US Devel.xml,1.5,1.6
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Wed Apr 4 13:15:44 UTC 2007
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv26113
Modified Files:
Devel.xml
Log Message:
Fix tagging and validation, also a few ID cleanups
Index: Devel.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/Devel.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- Devel.xml 4 Apr 2007 11:53:57 -0000 1.5
+++ Devel.xml 4 Apr 2007 13:15:42 -0000 1.6
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
-->
<section id="sn-Tools">
<title>Tools</title>
- <para>
<section id="sn-GCC-Compiler-Collection">
<title>GCC Compiler Collection</title>
<para>
@@ -52,141 +51,154 @@
<section id="sn-Eclipse">
<title>Eclipse</title>
<para>
- This release of Fedora includes Fedora Eclipse, based on the Eclipse SDK version 3.2.2 (<ulink
- url='http://www.eclipse.org'>http://www.eclipse.org</ulink>). The
- "New and Noteworthy" page for the 3.2.x series of releases can be
- accessed at <ulink
+ This release of Fedora includes Fedora Eclipse, based on the
+ Eclipse SDK version 3.2.2 (<ulink
+ url='http://www.eclipse.org'>http://www.eclipse.org</ulink>).
+ The "New and Noteworthy" page for the 3.2.x series of releases
+ can be accessed at <ulink
url='http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.2-200606291905/new_noteworthy/eclipse-news.html'>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.2-200606291905/new_noteworthy/eclipse-news.html</ulink>.
Release notes specific to 3.2.2 are available at <ulink
url='http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_3.2.2.html'>http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_3.2.2.html</ulink>.
- </para>
- <para>
- The Eclipse SDK is known variously as "the Eclipse
- Platform," "the Eclipse IDE," and "Eclipse." The Eclipse SDK
- is the foundation for the combined release of ten Eclipse
- projects under the Callisto combined release umbrella
- (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/callisto'>http://www.eclipse.org/callisto</ulink>).
- A few of these Callisto projects are included in Fedora: CDT
- (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/cdt'>http://www.eclipse.org/cdt</ulink>,
- for C/C++ development, EMF
- (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/emf'>http://www.eclipse.org/emf</ulink>)
- the Eclipse Modeling Framework, and GEF
- (<ulink url='http://www.eclipse.org/gef'>http://www.eclipse.org/gef</ulink>),
- the Graphical Editing Framework.
- </para>
- <para>
- Many third-party Eclipse projects are also available,
- including Subclipse
- (<ulink url='http://subclipse.tigris.org/'>http://subclipse.tigris.org/</ulink>)
- for integrating Subversion version control,
- <ulink url='/wiki/PyDev'>PyDev</ulink>
- (<ulink url='http://pydev.sf.net'>http://pydev.sf.net</ulink>)
- for developing in Python, and PHPeclipse
- (<ulink url='http://www.phpeclipse.de/'>http://www.phpeclipse.de/</ulink>)
- for developing in PHP. Mylar
- (<ulink url='http://eclipse.org/mylar'>http://eclipse.org/mylar</ulink>),
- a task-focused UI for Eclipse, is also available in Fedora
- with task connectors for Bugzilla and Trac. It was not part
- of Callisto but will be part of the forthcoming Europa
- combined Eclipse release.
- </para>
- <para>
- Assistance in getting more projects packaged and tested with
- GCJ is always welcome. Contact the interested parties
- through fedora-devel-java-list
- (<ulink url='http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list/'>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list/</ulink>)
- and/or #fedora-java on freenode.
- </para>
- <para>
- Fedora also includes plugins and features that are
- particularly useful to FLOSS hackers,
- ChangeLog editing with
- <package>eclipse-changelog</package>, and Bugzilla interaction
- with <package>eclipse-mylar-bugzilla</package>. Our CDT package
- also includes the work-in-progress GNU Autotools plugin.
- This plugin allows end-users to use Eclipse to build and
- maintain C/C++ projects that use GNU autotools. Enhancements
- to the CDT include:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>Performing configuration prior to build </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Special editors for
- <code>autoconf</code>/<code>automake</code> input files
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Special help for <code>autoconf</code> macros
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>Hover help for C library functions </listitem>
- <listitem>A special console for configuration </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>
- The latest information regarding these projects can be found
- at the Fedora Eclipse Project page:
- <ulink url='http://sourceware.org/eclipse/'>http://sourceware.org/eclipse/</ulink>.
- </para>
- <para>
- This release includes 21 language packs for the Eclipse SDK.
- Each language is packed into a separate package, such as
- <code>eclipse-sdk-nls-ko</code> for the Korean translation.
- </para>
- <section id="sn-">
- <title>Non-packaged Plugins/Features</title>
- <para>
- Fedora Eclipse contains a patch to allow non-root users to
- make use of the Update Manager functionality for
- installing non-packaged plugins and features. Such plugins
- are installed in the user's home directory under the
- <code>.eclipse</code> directory. Please note, however,
- that these plugins do not have associated GCJ-compiled
- bits and may therefore run slower than expected.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The Eclipse SDK is known variously as "the Eclipse Platform,"
+ "the Eclipse IDE," and "Eclipse." The Eclipse SDK is the
+ foundation for the combined release of ten Eclipse projects
+ under the Callisto combined release umbrella (<ulink
+ url='http://www.eclipse.org/callisto'>http://www.eclipse.org/callisto</ulink>).
+ A few of these Callisto projects are included in Fedora: CDT
+ (<ulink
+ url='http://www.eclipse.org/cdt'>http://www.eclipse.org/cdt</ulink>,
+ for C/C++ development, EMF (<ulink
+ url='http://www.eclipse.org/emf'>http://www.eclipse.org/emf</ulink>)
+ the Eclipse Modeling Framework, and GEF (<ulink
+ url='http://www.eclipse.org/gef'>http://www.eclipse.org/gef</ulink>),
+ the Graphical Editing Framework.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Many third-party Eclipse projects are also available, including
+ Subclipse (<ulink
+ url='http://subclipse.tigris.org/'>http://subclipse.tigris.org/</ulink>)
+ for integrating Subversion version control, <ulink
+ url='/wiki/PyDev'>PyDev</ulink> (<ulink
+ url='http://pydev.sf.net'>http://pydev.sf.net</ulink>) for
+ developing in Python, and PHPeclipse (<ulink
+ url='http://www.phpeclipse.de/'>http://www.phpeclipse.de/</ulink>)
+ for developing in PHP. Mylar (<ulink
+ url='http://eclipse.org/mylar'>http://eclipse.org/mylar</ulink>),
+ a task-focused UI for Eclipse, is also available in Fedora with
+ task connectors for Bugzilla and Trac. It was not part of
+ Callisto but will be part of the forthcoming Europa combined
+ Eclipse release.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Assistance in getting more projects packaged and tested with GCJ
+ is always welcome. Contact the interested parties through
+ fedora-devel-java-list (<ulink
+ url='http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list/'>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list/</ulink>)
+ and/or #fedora-java on freenode.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Fedora also includes plugins and features that are particularly
+ useful to FLOSS hackers, ChangeLog editing with
+ <package>eclipse-changelog</package>, and Bugzilla interaction
+ with <package>eclipse-mylar-bugzilla</package>. Our CDT package
+ also includes the work-in-progress GNU Autotools plugin. This
+ plugin allows end-users to use Eclipse to build and maintain
+ C/C++ projects that use GNU autotools. Enhancements to the CDT
+ include:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Performing configuration prior to build
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Special editors for
+ <package>autoconf</package>/<package>automake</package>
+ input files
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Special help for <package>autoconf</package> macros
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Hover help for C library functions
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A special console for configuration
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ The latest information regarding these projects can be found at
+ the Fedora Eclipse Project page: <ulink
+ url='http://sourceware.org/eclipse/'>http://sourceware.org/eclipse/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This release includes 21 language packs for the Eclipse SDK.
+ Each language is packed into a separate package, such as
+ <package>eclipse-sdk-nls-ko</package> for the Korean
+ translation.
+ </para>
+ <section id="sn-Eclipse-nonpkg">
+ <title>Non-packaged Plugins/Features</title>
+ <para>
+ Fedora Eclipse contains a patch to allow non-root users to
+ make use of the Update Manager functionality for installing
+ non-packaged plugins and features. Such plugins are installed
+ in the user's home directory under the <code>.eclipse</code>
+ directory. Please note, however, that these plugins do not
+ have associated GCJ-compiled bits and may therefore run slower
+ than expected.
</para>
</section>
- <section id="sn-Alternative-Java-Runtime-Environments">
+ <section id="sn-Alternative-JREs">
<title>Alternative Java Runtime Environments</title>
<para>
- The Fedora free JRE does not satisfy every user, so Fedora does allow
- the installation of alternative JREs. A caveat exists, however, for
- installing proprietary JREs on 64-bit machines.
- </para>
- <para>
- The 64-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on x86_64 systems in
- Fedora do not run on 32-bit proprietary JREs. In other words, do not
- try to run Fedora's x86_64 Eclipse packages on Sun's 32-bit JRE. They
- fail in confusing ways. Either switch to a 64-bit proprietary JRE, or
- install the 32-bit version of the packages, if available. To install a
- 32-bit version, use the following command:
- </para>
-<screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.i386
-]]></screen>
- <para>
- Likewise, the 32-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on ppc64 systems
- do not run with a 64-bit JRE. To install the 64-bit version, use the
- following command:
+ The Fedora free JRE does not satisfy every user, so Fedora
+ does allow the installation of alternative JREs. A caveat
+ exists, however, for installing proprietary JREs on 64-bit
+ machines.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The 64-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on x86_64 systems
+ in Fedora do not run on 32-bit proprietary JREs. In other
+ words, do not try to run Fedora's x86_64 Eclipse packages on
+ Sun's 32-bit JRE. They fail in confusing ways. Either switch
+ to a 64-bit proprietary JRE, or install the 32-bit version of
+ the packages, if available. To install a 32-bit version, use
+ the following command:
+ </para>
+ <screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.i386 ]]></screen>
+ <para>
+ Likewise, the 32-bit JNI libraries shipped by default on ppc64
+ systems do not run with a 64-bit JRE. To install the 64-bit
+ version, use the following command:
</para>
-<screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.ppc64
-]]></screen>
+ <screen><![CDATA[yum install <package_name>.ppc64 ]]></screen>
</section>
<section id="sn-Europa-Eclipse">
- <title>Europa/Eclipse 3.3</title>
- <para>
- In June 2007, the Eclipse community is releasing the
- Europa combined release of an assortment of plugins and
- features. This will be based on and include version 3.3 of
- the Eclipse SDK. This is a major change and because of
- that, Fedora Eclipse is not going to be re-basing on
- Europa until Fedora 8. This means that versions of
- Eclipse-based applications included in Fedora such as
- RSSOwl and Azureus may lag upstream releases if they
- require features only available in Eclipse 3.3.
- </para>
- </section>
- </section>
- </para>
+ <title>Europa/Eclipse 3.3</title>
+ <para>
+ In June 2007, the Eclipse community is releasing the Europa
+ combined release of an assortment of plugins and features.
+ This will be based on and include version 3.3 of the Eclipse
+ SDK. This is a major change and because of that, Fedora
+ Eclipse is not going to be re-basing on Europa until Fedora 8.
+ This means that versions of Eclipse-based applications
+ included in Fedora such as RSSOwl and Azureus may lag upstream
+ releases if they require features only available in Eclipse
+ 3.3.
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
- </para>
+ </section>
</section>
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