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Bug 326819

Summary:	[Import/Export] Lack of symmetry between exporting and importing projects
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Grant Taylor <gdtaylor>
Component:	UI	Assignee:	Platform UI Triaged <platform-ui-triaged>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Grant Taylor

2010-10-01 17:15:58 EDT

Build Identifier: Eclipse 3.6.0

In order to export a project (or projects), the user needs to use the "Archive File" export option.  To import that file back into their workspace, the user needs to use the "Existing projects into workspace" importer.  If the user tries to use the "Archive File" importer, it doesn't work.  This is a serious usability issue that causes a lot of confusion from our product users.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 15:35:53 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

Comment 2 Eclipse Genie

2021-11-06 14:21:31 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet. As such, we're closing this bug.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it and reopen this bug. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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