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Re: [Fwd] GlassFish Tools Bundle for Eclipse

From: Ludo <Ludovic.Champenois_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:38:03 -0800

Paul Sterk wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Here is an email I received from a user who has an issue with using
> the GlassFish Tools Bundle for Eclipse with a shared network workspace.
>
> Paul
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> it's hard to find a contact/feedback from on your website, so please
> forgive me that I post my message to you.
> Please forward it to the accordant persons. Thank you!
>
> Just made GlassFish Tools Bundle for Eclipse
> <http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse> installations on serveral
> machines that all connect to a shared network location where the
> workspaces are stored (so each machine has the same workspaces without
> using a version control system).

Hum....weird idea.
A workspace is a personal area, and sharing it and pretending it will
work as a version control system is a wrong assumption.

> As the installation directory of the glassfish server is stored within
> the workspace (e.g.
> .metadata\.plugins\com.sun.enterprise.jst.server\installLocation.txt)
> the server can't be started when the GlassFish Tools Bundle for
> Eclipse <http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse> are on different
> locations on the different machines. This is hopefully not intended as
> it somehow limits work with eclipse. I think the server location is
> rather a IDE than a project related setting. Bundling with the project
> should not be solved this way! Could you kindly care for this and
> consider this in the next release of GlassFish Tools Bundle for
> Eclipse <http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse>?
I don't think so...Please reconsider your settings.
If you want to share projects between different machines and different
users, please use a version control system and user specific workspaces.
Thanks,
Ludo
> *
> *
> Thanks!
> Kind Regards,
> Martin
>