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[Usability] Make it easier to simply upgrade Eclipse to the latest version #33

Closed jubax closed 2 years ago

jubax commented 2 years ago

Every time a new major Eclipse version comes out I wish I could just have a button "check for updates" which will me show this next major version (e.g. when I'm on 2022-03 then I want to see both updates for 2022-03 and also 2022-06).

But this is not the case. So I'm looking it up and I find tips on the net which involve adding new entries to "Available Software Sites" in the preferences. And sometimes it works and sometimes not and then I need to download and install the new version.

All this is not a big deal, but it is still the most weird and time-consuming upgrade process for any software I'm using. It would be nice if this could be improved.

I'm using the "Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java and Web Developers" variant.

vogella commented 2 years ago

Recent Eclipse version should have a "latest" url under help -> install new software. https://download.eclipse.org/releases/latest If that is present the update check should find new versions very 3 months.

If this entry is not present please add it, IIRC it was added a few years ago by default.

jubax commented 2 years ago

Okay, thanks. I can confirm that upgrading to 2022-06 works fine with a fresh install of 2022-03. I'm not sure why the upgrade did not work correctly before (AFAIK "latest" was actually there).