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Bug 351329

Summary:	DataTools feature drags in PDE and JDT; should only be in SDK
Product:	[Tools] Data Tools	Reporter:	Alex Blewitt <alex.blewitt>
Component:	Enablement	Assignee:	Project Inbox <dtp.enablement-inbox>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	bluesoldier, lchan
Version:	1.9
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
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Description Alex Blewitt

2011-07-06 09:40:38 EDT

The data tools enablement feature includes a reference to both JDT and PDE.

<feature id="org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.feature">
...
<includes id="org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.jdt.feature" version="1.9.0.v201106031100-2-07w31211518181A" optional="true" />  - depends on JDT
<includes id="org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.oda.designer.feature" version="1.9.0.v201106031100-3328s73553C655B63" optional="true" />  - depends on PDE

Although they're marked as optional, when they are installed (and the 'include optional' is selected) they are dragged in, along with JDT and PDE. For non-JDT projects (web projects) it's unnecessary to have these in the same workspace.

It would be better if the JDT feature and the ODA designer feature were moved to the org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.sdk.feature instead, since you're only likely to need the JDT classpath entry for SDK related work.

Comment 1 Alex Blewitt

2011-07-06 10:34:04 EDT

It's also worth noting that the org.eclipse.datatools.sqldevtools.feature depends on org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.fetaure, which in turn depends on the org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.oda.designer (which depends on PDE above).

Basically, it means that Data Tools can't be used on a plain (non-Java) Eclipse runtime :-/

Comment 2 Alex Blewitt

2011-07-06 14:03:11 EDT

Sadly, even if I work around this (by having my own connectivity plugin) all of the connectivity enablement plugins also include the original connectivity pluin, which means there's no way of installing this into a runtime without dragging in JDT and PDE :-/