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Missing jar files in Eclipse RCP 4.4.2 (Luna SR2) SDK, delta pack and language pack

We have an Eclipse RCP based GUI application based on Eclipse SDK 3.7.2 and compiled using Java 7. We are migrating the code base to Java8. We are also migrating Eclipse version to 4.4.2 (Luna SR2) as Eclipse supports Java8 starting 4.4.

I have downloaded eclipse-4.4.2-delta-pack.zip and eclipse-SDK-4.4.2-win32.zip and built language pack using BabelLanguagePack-eclipse-de_4.4.0.v20141223043836.zip as well as Babel packages available for other products, but am not able to find some jar files in the 4.4.2 packages that were present in 3.7.2 packages. I have listed them below:

Missing jar files in 4.4.2 SDK that were present in 3.7.2 SDK: org.eclipse.update.core*.jar org.eclipse.help.appserver_.jar org.eclipse.swt.gtk.hpux.ia64_32.jar

org.eclipse.update.core*.jar
org.eclipse.help.appserver*.jar

Missing jar files in 4.4.2 delta pack that were present in 3.7.2 delta pack: org.eclipse.swt.carbon.macosx*.jar

org.eclipse.update.core*.jar

Missing jar files in 4.4.2 Luna language packs (Babel project version R0.12.1 for Luna) that were present in 3.7.2 delta pack org.eclipse.core.contenttype.nl_de*.jar org.eclipse.core.expressions.nl_de*.jar org.eclipse.core.jobs.nl_de*.jar org.eclipse.core.runtime.nl_de*.jar org.eclipse.equinox.app.nl_de*.jar org.eclipse.equinox.common.nl_de*.jar org.eclipse.equinox.preferences.nl_de*.jar org.eclipse.equinox.registry.nl_de*.jar

Few questions about the missing jar files:

  1. Are these jar files no longer part of core eclipse SDK, delta pack and language packages?
  2. Are they packaged separately?
  3. Are they discontinued to be replaced by something else? what are the replacements for each of them?
Solution

  • There is huge differences between the internals of 3.7 and 4.4 with many changes to plugins - some new, some removed. What you have downloaded covers the whole of the core Eclipse.

    org.eclipse.update.xxx is the old Eclipse update system which was replaced some time ago with the 'p2' install manager (lots of org.eclipse.equinox.p2.xxx plugins).

    I think the help system was also reworked with org.eclipse.help.appserver removed and some more org.eclipse.help.xxx plugins added.

    org.eclipse.swt.carbon.macosx that is the old Mac 32 Carbon UI which is no longer supported. Replaced with org.eclipse.swt.cocoa.xxx plugins.

    org.eclipse.swt.gtk.hpux.ia64_32 probably no longer supported.

    I don't know about the language packs.