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Bug 356343 - [Compatibility] Dependency of org.eclipse.platform_4.1.0 to org.eclipse.ui.intro
Summary: [Compatibility] Dependency of org.eclipse.platform_4.1.0 to org.eclipse.ui.intro
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: UI (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform UI Triaged CLA
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Reported: 2011-08-31 10:34 EDT by Lars Vogel CLA
Modified: 2011-11-18 11:06 EST (History)
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Description Lars Vogel CLA 2011-08-31 10:34:45 EDT 
Would it be possible to remove the hard-dependency of org.eclipse.platform_4.1.0 to org.eclipse.ui.intro?

For RCP applications org.eclipse.ui.intro is not very often used.
Comment 1 Remy Suen CLA 2011-09-02 08:41:24 EDT 
It used to be an optional dependency but this was changed in 2006...for reasons that are unclear to me as the commit message tells us nothing.
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/viewvc.cgi/org.eclipse.platform/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF?r1=1.3&r2=1.4
Comment 2 Remy Suen CLA 2011-09-02 08:54:07 EDT 
This dependency is present in 3.x also. What do you need the org.eclipse.platform bundle for anyway?
Comment 3 Remy Suen CLA 2011-11-17 16:27:03 EST 
Lars, are you using this bundle for build purposes?
Comment 4 Lars Vogel CLA 2011-11-18 11:02:52 EST 
@Remy: Not sure if I understand your question correctly. My intent with this bug report was that "org.eclipse.ui.intro" was an optional dependency as it is not always required in RCP apps.

I wasn't aware that it is already a hard requirement in 3.x. As this is the case this bug can also be closed.
Comment 5 Remy Suen CLA 2011-11-18 11:06:52 EST 
(In reply to comment #4)
> I wasn't aware that it is already a hard requirement in 3.x.

Yes, in the 3.x org.eclipse.platform bundle, it is a hard requirement.
http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.git/tree/platform/org.eclipse.platform/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF?id=d098bee60335635487778e22d2a1a8e971a74c4a

>  As this is the
> case this bug can also be closed.

Thanks for getting back to us, Lars.