Bug#684604: eclipse-rcp: eclipse 3.8 hangs on splash screen with "Loading Workbench" after update from 3.7.2

[Felix Natter]

Jakub Adam <jakub.adam at ktknet.cz> writes:

> Hi Felix,

hello Jakub,

> On 19.8.2012 17:33, Felix Natter wrote:
>> Meanwhile I read this:
>>    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=681726
>> and decided to give "Juno" 4.2 a try.
>> This seems to work fine right now :-)
>
> Just to make it clear, that bug is a wishlist item. Wheezy release is now frozen
> so 4.2 will NOT make it into Debian until the next stable release is made
> (a horizon of months) and it was never in our plan for Wheezy, as all the plugins
> we have packaged run the same on Eclipse 3.8 (now the deprecated
> platform).

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't think of this when I deinstalled elipse
3.8.0~rc4-1 :-(

>>> !MESSAGE The artifact file for osgi.bundle,javax.servlet,2.5.0.v200806031605
>>> was not found.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your help, unfortunately I didn't receive it in time
>> (my own fault), and I am happy with 4.2 :-)
>
> I'll close this report soon then. I tried to reproduce the problem, but without success.
> It could be your local configuration issue, but also it's possible the bug is still
> there affecting other users and might even persist into 4.2 release if not fixed
> properly. Anyway, if you could still provide some of the information I asked previously,
> you would be much helpful. I can't force you of course :)

I'd really like to help you, but this file:
 /usr/lib/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info
is not there any more.

> Start with empty ~/.eclipse.

I tried this, and it didn't change anything.

> Please check if you have installed the latest version of libservlet3.0-java from Debian testing.
> Even better if you can get a list of all dependencies of eclipse-rcp
> package and installed versions.

To make things easier for me, here are the versions of *all* installed
packages (of course some packages have been removed when I removed the
eclipse packages):
  http://pastebin.com/9cHJaj5J

> Do you have any additional plugins installed?

Yes, I installed "saferefactor" from here:
  http://dsc.ufcg.edu.br/~spg/saferefactor/

I will try to reproduce this on another wheezy machine.

Thanks and Good Luck!
-- 
Felix Natter