[ECLIPSE] Do we need an eclipse-specific policy?

[Pantelis Koukousoulas]

Hello :)

Eclipse is its own ecosystem, with all sorts of conventions and
peculiarities. In addition, we have several applications each using
only particular
parts of eclipse e.g., just OSGi/equinox, just RCP, just SWT etc.

So, IMHO there is lots of room for incompatibilities and pain, like
putting stuff (like .so libraries) in a place where they are hard to
find by another package etc.

Does that mean we need an eclipse policy following debian tradition?

Fedora already has some guidelines that cover

                     * Naming of plugins / applications that just
depend on eclipse

                     * Installation locations for core, native
libraries, and plugins with and without native code

                     * Other misc stuff

You can find those guidelines in

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/EclipsePlugins

If a debian eclipse policy is needed, what should it contain?

Cheers,
Pantelis