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Bug 330387

Summary: [contexts] e4 core plugins not runnable in 3.6
Product: z_Archived Reporter: Erdal Karaca <erdal.karaca.de>
Component: E4Assignee: Project Inbox <e4.runtime-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3 CC: john.arthorne, ob1.eclipse
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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removed 3.7 specific code parts none

Description Erdal Karaca CLA 2010-11-16 13:00:22 EST 
When working in 3.6, the core plugins will not work anymore as there are quite minor dependencies on equinox 3.7 in org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.osgi.ContextDebugHelper.getDebugger()
Comment 1 Erdal Karaca CLA 2010-11-16 13:01:07 EST 
Created attachment 183249 [details]
removed 3.7 specific code parts
Comment 2 John Arthorne CLA 2010-11-16 14:53:53 EST 
Generally speaking, we don't attempt to support running arbitrary bundles taken from 3.7/4.1 streams in older releases such as 3.6. I.e., referencing OSGi R4.3 APIs here is quite reasonable. We could release this patch, but there is nothing stopping these references from reappearing later in the development cycle.
Comment 3 Oleg Besedin CLA 2010-11-18 09:33:39 EST 
If I do this change, I'd be getting a compiler warning when run against the current OSGi bundle:

   ServiceReference is a raw type. References to generic type 
   ServiceReference<S> should be parameterized...

(In reply to comment #2)
> Generally speaking, we don't attempt to support running arbitrary bundles taken
> from 3.7/4.1 streams in older releases such as 3.6.

+1.