Blog Posts

    How to install the Usage Data Collector

    by Wayne Beaton

    The Usage Data Collector ( UDC) is included in the Eclipse Packaging Project’s ( EPP) “Eclipse IDE for…” packages for the Ganymede M4. More specifically, they are included the packages marked “UDC”. You can find them here. The UDC is included in all the M5 packages. Nightly builds of M5...

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    Most used bundles

    by Wayne Beaton

    A lot more of you are participating with the Usage Data Collector (UDC). We’ve tried to make it very robust, and as low impact on your experience with Eclipse as possible. That said, it’s hard to get things exactly right, so please report a bug if you run into problems...

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    It was Wayne’s Fault

    by Wayne Beaton

    Today, as I was looking over the BoF submissions for EclipseCon, I decided to decline one of the redundant submissions (Chris must have hit submit twice). I then hit what I thought was a “commit changes” button. Long story short, Karl is now restoring the database from backups and we’re...

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    Nokia N78 et N96 compatibles eSWT !

    by Benjamin Cabé

    Je relaie ici une information donnée par Gorkem Ercan (ingénieur chez Nokia, et leader du projet eRCP) sur son blog. A l’occasion du Mobile World Congress, Nokia a annoncé la sortie de deux nouveaux téléphones, le N78 et le N96, qui, en plus des nombreuses fonctionnalités disponibles en standard (GPS...

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    Fake Dan Quayle?

    by Mike Milinkovich

    Could one of our EclipseCon keynoters have a secret 8 year plan in the works? To be specific here I am not talking about Cory Doctorow, because, well, as far as I can tell Cory’s career path is to be Cory Doctorow. And I’m not talking about Sam Ramji although...

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    Too many of us work on the Weekend

    by Wayne Beaton

    It seems that about half of those of us who have opted to submit data gathered by the Usage Data Collector were working this weekend. Working hard it seems: there seems to be, on average, more events gathered per user working on the weekend (there was a bit of a...

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    Eclipse 3.4 M5 is out !

    by Benjamin Cabé

    Eclipse 3.4M5 vient de sortir. Au programme de cette nouvelle version intermédiaire, et en synthèse : Platforme / SWT Checkboxes à trois états : ça m’aurait bien servi il y a quelque mois pour gérer élégamment un “Oui—Non—Ne sait pas”… Possibilité d’ imprimer directement un contrôle (dans le GC de...

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    Observations from the Usage Data Collector (so far)

    by Wayne Beaton

    I’ve been collecting my own usage data—along with usage data from several foundation employees and some other volunteers—using the Usage Data Collector (UDC) for quite some time now, so we already have several months’ worth of data. Recently more members of the community have picked up the EPP builds that...

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    I’m looking forward

    by Wayne Beaton

    I’m looking forward to the EclipseCon keynotes this year. I’ve only read a few things from Cory Doctorow, but I’ve really enjoyed those few things (take a gander at this bit of work if you want a taste). I hear that he’s a pretty entertaining presenter. I’m also very interested...

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    Eclipse giants squeeze into iPhone’s leather pants

    by Anonymous

    You have to love the Register for coming up with graphical headlines. For instance this recent article titled ‘ Eclipse giants squeeze into iPhone’s leather pants‘ which actually references an article about using Eclipse to develop applications for the iPhone. This headline really needs a graphic. Anyone out there want...

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