Make Eclipse version dependent on JAVA_VERSION #538
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config
should be configurable or configuration change
eclipse
related to Eclipse IDE
enhancement
New feature or request
setup
related to the setup process of devonfw-ide (setup[.bat] and devon ... setup)
Milestone
When ECLIPSE_VERSION is not defined, we use the latest version that we define as a fallback and update frequently when new Eclipse releases come out.
I got feedback from projects that have set their
JAVA_VERSION
to earlier versions (1.8) but the latest eclipse version does not work with this Java version. I then tell them to also set theECLIPSE_VERSION
accordingly.IMHO in general projects should have their own settings git repo and maintain versions of their tools explicitly in
devon.properties
via this git. However, we have the knowlege, what is the latest version of Eclipse that still runs with Java 1.8, etc. The projects might not easily know this. So it would still be relatively easy for us to check theJAVA_VERSION
when we determine the defaultECLIPSE_VERSION
.WDYT?
Too complicated and overengineered? Or greate feature that we should definetly ship?
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