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Bug 277287

Summary: Eclipse-PHP Galileo package for Mac OSX Tiger
Product: [Technology] EPP Reporter: Neil Williams <neil>
Component: php-packageAssignee: Project Inbox <epp.packager-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: heidwill, ian.skerrett, lmcliste, mike, remy.suen, skovatch
Version: 1.1.0   
Target Milestone: 1.1.0 RC1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)   
Whiteboard:

Description Neil Williams CLA 2009-05-21 04:24:21 EDT
I would like to test the latest Eclipse-PHP release on my Mac (OSX 10.4 Tiger).

I downloaded the eclipse-php-galileo-M7-macosx-cocoa.tar.gz package but it failed to run on Tiger. Everything worked okay on another machine that runs OSX 10.5 Leopard.

I now understand that cocoa doesn't work on Tiger and that I would need a carbon build for it to work run on Tiger.

Is there a carbon build available or another way to get it to work on Tiger?
Comment 1 Markus Knauer CLA 2009-05-21 04:30:18 EDT
No, there is no carbon build available for the EPP packages. We changed this because we think that the majority of users are able to use the new cocoa build and we don't have the resources to build/test both of them.

In theory it should be possible (and very easy) to do a build of the package on your local machine. If you were willing to do this I would send you some instructions which are essentially downloading the SDK and running the director application with some magic parameters. Just tell me if you are interested and I'll attach them here or describe the necessary steps in the wiki.
Comment 2 Kim Moir CLA 2009-05-23 14:47:55 EDT
*** Bug 277580 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Scott Kovatch CLA 2009-05-25 20:38:28 EDT
Please see bug 277580, as the lack of a Carbon-based 3.5 package is a critical problem for Adobe's Flex Builder. The shipping version of FB is dependent on the Carbon SWT.

What is involved in getting an 'Eclipse for JEE' or 'Eclipse for Java developers' bundle built? Could one be produced for 3.5.1?
Comment 4 Ian Skerrett CLA 2009-05-27 11:56:57 EDT
(In reply to comment #3)
> Please see bug 277580, as the lack of a Carbon-based 3.5 package is a critical
> problem for Adobe's Flex Builder. The shipping version of FB is dependent on
> the Carbon SWT.
> 
> What is involved in getting an 'Eclipse for JEE' or 'Eclipse for Java
> developers' bundle built? Could one be produced for 3.5.1?
> 

Scott, 

Markus will attempt to build the RC2 packages for carbon.   Can you or someone at Adobe help test them.  As you can probably appreciate, testing resources is always an issue for additional platforms.  I also know the core EPP team does not have a lot of Mac's available.

Comment 5 Scott Kovatch CLA 2009-05-27 13:04:32 EDT
(In reply to comment #4)

> Markus will attempt to build the RC2 packages for carbon.   Can you or someone
> at Adobe help test them.  As you can probably appreciate, testing resources is
> always an issue for additional platforms.  I also know the core EPP team does
> not have a lot of Mac's available.

I think we can do that, but Larry McLister (Flash Builder QE lead) should confirm. He's already cc'd on the bug.


Comment 6 Ian Skerrett CLA 2009-05-27 13:24:29 EDT
(In reply to comment #5)

> I think we can do that, but Larry McLister (Flash Builder QE lead) should
> confirm. He's already cc'd on the bug.
> 

I'd suggest you follow the epp-dev mailing list.  The RC2 packages will be built tomorrow.
Comment 7 Remy Suen CLA 2009-06-25 09:48:05 EDT
I see Carbon builds on the downloads page...
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

...so shouldn't this be FIXED instead of WONTFIX?
Comment 8 Scott Kovatch CLA 2009-06-25 12:47:41 EDT
(In reply to comment #7)
> I see Carbon builds on the downloads page...
> http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
> 
> ...so shouldn't this be FIXED instead of WONTFIX?

Indeed it was. Adobe owes the EPP team a belated 'thank you' for getting this done.
Comment 9 Ian Skerrett CLA 2009-06-25 13:08:45 EDT
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > I see Carbon builds on the downloads page...
> > http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
> > 
> > ...so shouldn't this be FIXED instead of WONTFIX?
> 
> Indeed it was. Adobe owes the EPP team a belated 'thank you' for getting this
> done.
> 

Scott, do you know when Adobe is switching to Cocoa?  I am pretty sure next year there will be pressure to optimize the number of Apple platforms.  :-)
Comment 10 Scott Kovatch CLA 2009-06-25 13:32:34 EDT
(In reply to comment #9)

> Scott, do you know when Adobe is switching to Cocoa?  I am pretty sure next
> year there will be pressure to optimize the number of Apple platforms.  :-)

I have a rough idea, but nothing I can announce. We rely on some internally-developed pieces that aren't Cocoa-ready yet, but it's certainly getting there.