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Bug 330113

Summary:	Executables feature including too much
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Equinox	Reporter:	Jeff McAffer <jeffmcaffer>
Component:	Launcher	Assignee:	Project Inbox <equinox.launcher-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	aniefer, kim.moir, t-oberlies, tjwatson
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description Jeff McAffer

2010-11-12 11:50:40 EST

the executables feature has a number of root file contributions and expectations that are not always appropriate, especially if you are doing a headless app.  Here is a starter list

- gtk : the feature brings lib_cairo as well as a set of about files that are not needed in headless scenarios
- motif : siimilarly, you get motif libs and about files
- windows : eclipse.exe (well, launcher.exe) when really it should be eclipsec.exe

A few thoughts:

- not sure if it would work... refactor the bin *launcher* entries to be WS agnostic and list these in WS agnostic root file entries.  Then have a set of root file entries as needed that bring WS-specific things like the libs and the abouts.  The tricky part might be building without a WS.

- Move the SWT-related root file and executable artifacts somewhere else.  This might be a challenge for backward compatibility

- Create a new executables feature that is just the headless stuff.

Comment 1 Eclipse Genie

2019-09-17 00:25:24 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.

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