adding and maintaining the port upstream

[Andriy Gapon]

on 01/04/2011 14:26 Andriy Gapon said the following:
> 
> As a an Eclipse user I would really love to have this.
> I think that many people would also appreciate it.
> 
> But I have not been involved in Eclipse porting and maintaining at all.
> 
> So I'd like to ask the people who have been doing all the hard (and very
> impressive!) work for many years.
> Guys, what do you think about this?
> 
> Here is a link that describes the procedure of adding a new platform:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng-faq#I_would_like_to_recompile_eclipse_on_a_platform_that_is_not_currently_supported._What_is_the_best_approach_to_this.3F__How_can_I_ensure_that_the_community_can_use_my_work.3F
> 
> I've asked people on the eclipse-dev mailing list:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.eclipse.devel/1860
> and they "haven't had success in the past with community contributions of new
> platforms".  Their biggest concern is the ongoing support/maintenance - fixing
> bugs, staying current with the changes, etc.
> 
> On one hand, pushing most of our porting changes upstream should make future
> porting easier for us.  On the other hand, it's a big commitment.  We (you,
> actually) already do sort of maintenance work, but currently it seems to be more
> of on-and-off kind rather than continuous - but I could be wrong here, because I
> have not been deeply involved in FreeBSD Eclipse community.
> 
> So, what is the best for us?

So, no interest?

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Andriy Gapon