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Bug 357519

Summary:

Sharing a list of loaded Plugins: Indigo cannot. Galileo could.

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

gregpf_at_briodotcom

Component:

IDE

Assignee:

Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>

Status:

RESOLVED INVALID

QA Contact:

Severity:

normal

Priority:

CC:

remy.suen

Version:

3.7

Target Milestone:

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Hardware:

OS:

Windows 7

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Indigo behavior: Screen Recording. Unzip. Open HTML file.	none

Description gregpf_at_briodotcom

2011-09-13 12:39:02 EDT

Build Identifier: I20110613-1736

Galileo would let a developer copy a list of plugins to the clipboard.
Indigo has taken away this ability to copy a list of plugins to the clipboard.

What do we do now ?   Can we please get this capability back into the product ?    Thanks for your consideration.

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USE_CASE: 

One developer could email another developer a list of plugins loaded in their eclipse by doing these steps in Galileo.

•	Help >> "Install New Software"  
•	Click on the link titled, "What is already installed ?"    
•	A property page titled, "Eclipse Installation Details" is calculated, then displayed.  
•	Click on the Tab "Installed Software"
•	Once here, one possible action is to first select what you are interested in.    
•	Then Right-Click. Finally,  "Copy" to the clipboard for later use   

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USEFULNESS:  Developers could send emails like this ...

Dear Greg,

Here is what I have loaded.  Please do the same, to get your build to work.


  Bravo Editor     1.4.0      com.beck.ep.feature.group
  Eclipse Checkstyle Plug-in          5.1.0.201002232103         net.sf.eclipsecs.feature.group
  Eclipse Checkstyle Plug-in          4.4.3      com.atlassw.tools.eclipse.checkstyle.feature.group
  Eclipse Checkstyle Plug-in 4.4.x -> 5.0.0 Migration (Optional)     5.1.0.201002232103                net.sf.eclipsecs.migration.feature.group
  Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers          1.2.1.20090918-0703       epp.package.jee
  Hibernate Tools              3.2.4.v200910211631N-H194-GA                org.hibernate.eclipse.feature.feature.group
  JavaHL 1.6.0 Win32 Binaries (Optional) 2.2.1.I20091009-1900                org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.javahl16.win32.feature.group
  jBPM jPDL Tools             3.1.7      org.jbpm.gd.jpdl.feature.feature.group
  Maven Integration for WTP (Optional) 0.9.8.200905041414         org.maven.ide.eclipse.wtp.feature.feature.group
  Native JavaHL 1.6 Implementation (Optional)   2.2.1.I20091009-1900                org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.javahl16.feature.group
  Subversive SVN Connectors      2.2.1.I20091009-1900      org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.feature.group
  Subversive SVN Integration for the Mylyn Project (Optional) (Incubation)          0.7.8.I20090904-1300                org.eclipse.team.svn.mylyn.feature.group
  Subversive SVN Team Provider (Incubation)     0.7.8.I20090904-1300      org.eclipse.team.svn.feature.group
  SVNKit 1.3.0 Implementation (Optional)              2.2.1.I20091009-1900                org.polarion.eclipse.team.svn.connector.svnkit16.feature.group



Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Remy Suen

2011-09-13 12:48:35 EDT

I cannot reproduce this problem on Windows XP.

Comment 2 gregpf_at_briodotcom

2011-09-13 13:38:14 EDT

(1) I am using MSWIN-7 (not XP)
(2) Regardless of the OS, is there any way to cut-and-paste a list of loaded plugins to the clipboard ?
(3) I origionally outlined the steps to "do that",  in Galileo.
(4) It seems (perhaps I'm wrong) that there is *no way*
 whatsoever to do this task in Indigo.  This bug request a way (any way) to cut-and-paste the loaded plugin list,  to the clipboard,  to share with other developers.
(5) Let me repeat the steps below, for how it was done in Galileo
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•	Click Help >> "Install New Software"

•	Click on the link titled, "What is already installed ?"

•	A property page titled, "Eclipse Installation Details" is calculated, then displayed.

•	Click on the Tab "Installed Software"

•	Once here, one possible action is to first select what you are interested in. 
Then Right-Click.  
Finally,  "Copy" to the clipboard for later use 

•	Example:   JBoss Maven Integration    1.0.1.v201006011046R-H111-GA    org.jboss.tools.maven.feature.feature.group

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Comment 3 Remy Suen

2011-09-13 13:52:22 EDT

(In reply to comment #2)
> (1) I am using MSWIN-7 (not XP)

I noticed this but did not deem it to be something that would cause such a bug to manifest itself.

> (5) Let me repeat the steps below, for how it was done in Galileo

Which part of your Galileo steps doesn't work in Indigo? I see nothing you listed that is missing or doesn't work in Indigo. Unless it is the final 'Copy' part that doesn't seem to

Comment 4 gregpf_at_briodotcom

2011-09-13 17:14:39 EDT

Created attachment 203306 [details]
Indigo behavior: Screen Recording. Unzip. Open HTML file.

Indigo behavior: Screen Recording. Unzip. Open HTML file.

Comment 5 Remy Suen

2011-09-13 17:26:06 EDT

(In reply to comment #4)
> Created attachment 203306 [details]
> Indigo behavior: Screen Recording. Unzip. Open HTML file.

You did not mention the 'Plug-ins' tab in your comment 0 or comment 2.

In any case, your described steps in your Flash video does not work in Galileo either. Copy stuff from the 'Installed Software' tab instead.

Comment 6 gregpf_at_briodotcom

2011-09-13 17:43:26 EDT

(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
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(1) I'll close the bug.  Thanks for helping.

(2) I might file an enhancement to 
  *add* copy-to-clipboard, for the grids displayed in the 
  "Features"  and "Plugins" tabs.

(3) As a summary, "things" are equal, between these 2 releases. (My mistake)

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Galileo
{
Tab=Installed Software: *Works* and is useful
Tab=Features: Not Implemented (No Copy to Clipboard)
Tab=Plugins: Not Implemented (No Copy to Clipboard)
}

Indigo
{
Tab=Installed Software: *Works* and is useful
Tab=Features: Not Implemented (No Copy to Clipboard)
Tab=Plugins: Not Implemented (No Copy to Clipboard)
}