Maybe the tools folks can add something about building an Eclipse RCP app.
About the long list of JARs required...
We don't have anything that maps the features a client needs to the JARs that must be present (for example, which JARs are needed for a client that accesses web services only). The list of JARs provided by the package-appclient script is designed to support [i]all[/i] possible client requirements. Indeed, that will normally be a longer list than is required by any one client.
Maybe some day we will have such a map that can help optimize the JAR list, but until then I'm afraid we have to live with the long list of JARs.
- Tim
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