Re: Subclipse Tips and Hints?

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:28:05 +0800, Ashley Aitken <mrhatken@mac.com> wrote:

> So here are my questions:
>
> * What are the (current, if any) limitations of Subclipse? i.e. are
> there any major problems or issues, or subversion commands that may not
> work all that well, that I should know about?

synch support is iffy at the moment, some refactorings behave slightly
wierdly. merging doesn't exist.

> * I seemed to have a problem deleting a package in a Java project. I
> deleted it and then committed the delete, but the icon still remained
> (with Subclipse repository and, what looked like, a "ghost" behind it,
> am I right?).
>

this has probably been fixed in more recent builds.

> * Is Subclipse being used, or ready to be used, on large development
> projects?

no, unless your developers are comfortable with fixing things up with
the svn commandline, and understand svn merging (if you plan on doing
branches).

> * Is there any more documentation somewhere? I have read the FAQ and
> the "Visual Guide" document.
>

nope. the best document there is is the svn book. if you read that,
you will know what's going on under the covers.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com (dead tree version available from
oreilly). we do of course accept documentation from contributors
(hint hint).

> * Is Subclipse just as easy to use at it seems? ;-)

no, it's mainly smoke and mirrors :)
 
as for tips, i HIGHLY recommend building your own subversion/javahl
from scratch instead of relying on the one we ship. our shipped
version is dynamically linked and may have unresolved dependencies on
your systems.

if you do build your own, keep in mind that svn 1.1rc2's build is
broken at this time.

Regards,

-- 
McClain Looney
m@loonsoft.com