Description of problem: Attempting to install the beta version of the Scala plugin from scala-lang.org, which depends on Mylyn, triggers the following error: Mylyn Bridge: PDE, CVS and Ant (2.3.2.v20080402-2100) requires plug-in "org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core (2.3.0)", or compatible Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.3.2-6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install eclipse-mylyn\* 2. install Scala plugin: http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads/scala-plugin-beta/ Actual results: Error message described Expected results: Should work Additional info: The summaries for -ide, -java and -pde could perhaps be made more descriptive.
Created attachment 309379 [details] Screenshot of failed installation process
AFAICT all of the Mylyn plugins have this in META-INF/MANIFEST.MF: org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core;bundle-version="[2.3.0,3.0.0)" meaning they should accept 2.3.2. Is there perhaps a deeper error here? The update manager in Eclipse <= 3.3.x doesn't properly expose plugins that are in /usr/lib (these are arch-specific plugins called "fragments"). This upstream bug has not been fixed and sometimes 3rd party plugins like this Scala plugin depend upon something that is arch-specific. Have you thought about packaging this for Fedora? It's not hard and I wouldn't mind helping you out.
(Sorry for the late reply, was watching the status which is still NEW) I've thought of packaging -- will Fedora 10 have Eclipse 3.4? In that case I might just package the next version of the plugin, which requires that. The Scala plugin bundles its own copy of Scala; is that the norm for Eclipse-related packages or would I have to patch it to use a standalone installation?
Yes, Fedora 10 will have Eclipse 3.4. The Fedora guidelines specify that there should only be one copy of things on the system so you'd have to patch it to use the system Scala.
Can this bug be considered resolved?
Michel?
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 development cycle. Changing version to '10'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
No response from reporter for 8 months. Additionally it was reported against F-9.