Towards the OTDT 1.3.0

On this page we collect current experience with milestones in the 1.3 stream of the OTDT.

OTDT on MacOS (helpwanted)

Currently the bundle org.objectteams.otdt.earlyui is not shipped with the OTDT because we suspect this bundle to be the cause for some trouble on MacOS.

We have received reports on some MacOS-specific problems. Since we don't have a Mac in the team we'd appreciate any help (preferrably to the otj-users mailing list). Please let us know, if you are experiencing problems on MacOS, especially if you volunteer to perform some experiments to narrow down those causes.

Details are being collected in page OtdtOnMac.

Updating (hints)

No compatible solution found (p2 limitation)

The first two uploads within the 1.3 stream provided three user-visible features:

  • Object Teams Development Tooling
  • OTDT Core Patch Feature
  • OT/Equinox Feature

Anyone who has selected the second feature in this list (OTDT Core Patch Feature) during a previous install will not be able to update by simply clicking "Help -> Check for Updates". When trying to do so, p2 will answer that the selected features are incompatible with your platform.

Solution:

  • Open the "Installed Software" page, e.g., via Help -> About Eclipse SDK -> Installation Details
  • Select "OTDT Core Patch Feature"
  • Click "Uninstall"

P2 will respond that it cannot fully uninstall this feature, which is correct. In fact, if you proceed nothing will be uninstalled but p2 then realizes that it itself is responsible for updating the patch feature rather than waiting for the user to manually do so.

(To verify that this operation succeeded search for the patch feature in the "Installed Software" page: it should no longer be listed as a toplevel feature, but as a child of "Object Teams Development Tooling".)

For future installations the patch feature will no longer be presented for selection, but this feature will only be included automatically via the "Object Teams Development Tooling" feature.

Unable to read repository (fixed in Eclipse)

If during update you get a message "Unable to read repository ..." you might be hit by Eclipse bug 277622. In that case p2 has probably screwed up its own network connection so you will need to start from a fresh eclipse installation. Nothing we can do about this. The issue is fixed in recent Eclipse release candidates.

Resolved Issues

Widget is disposed (resolved in OTDT 1.3.0M2)

When you get an error dialog saying "widget is disposed", you are probably seeing Eclipse bug 273828.

On the OT side this issue is being tracked in #244 which is resolved as of OTDT 1.3.0M2.