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Bug 31113

Summary: Don't offer to do a deep copy/move of linked resources
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: Knut Radloff <knut_radloff>
Component: UIAssignee: Adam Kiezun <akiezun>
Status: VERIFIED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2 CC: akiezun
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: 2.1 RC1   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
Whiteboard:

Description Knut Radloff CLA 2003-02-06 12:28:24 EST 
build 20030206

Resource navigator no longer offers a deep copy/move. Package explorer should 
remove this feature as well. See bug 30669.
Comment 1 Adam Kiezun CLA 2003-02-06 12:58:26 EST 
couldn't you have told us a week ago? <g>
Comment 2 Adam Kiezun CLA 2003-02-07 04:27:50 EST 
i mean, before i implemented it :)
Comment 3 Dirk Baeumer CLA 2003-02-07 04:37:59 EST 
Knut, what is the deeper reason for removing this feature?
Comment 4 Knut Radloff CLA 2003-02-07 11:10:12 EST 
It started with a debate about the wording of the deep copy prompt and 
concluded that the linked resources UI would be simpler if we didn't support 
deep copy/move in the first place.
We considered a separate action to convert a linked resource to a regular 
resource (and thus initiating a deep copy). We decided that is not necessary 
because you can manually create a deep copy of a linked resource by copying the 
contents.
See the quote in bug 30669. Basically it simplifies the use of linked resources 
and gives the user less opportunity to screw up.
Comment 5 Knut Radloff CLA 2003-02-07 11:12:06 EST 
Oh yeah, sorry for the bad timing. I wasn't aware of the state of the Package 
Explorer linked resource support.
I assume you don't use the 
CopyFilesAndFoldersOperation/MoveFilesAndFoldersOperation because you do a 
copy/move specific to JavaElements? If you used the UI operation you would 
behave consistent with the Navigator.
Comment 6 Adam Kiezun CLA 2003-02-10 08:09:21 EST 
feature removed
Comment 7 Knut Radloff CLA 2003-02-24 14:45:25 EST 
Verified fixed in RC1