
Red Hat Developer Suite: Notes for Version 2.1

This release includes several software packages intended for
installation on top of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 1 system.

Previous releases of Red Hat Developer Suite were packaged into a single
RPM.  In version 2.0, we adopted the JPackage.org style for the
packaging of Red Hat Developer Suite.  As a result, Red Hat Developer
Suite is now comprised of many smaller packages.  If you desire, you 
can install only the functionality that you need:

  Java Development:  eclipse-jdt
  C/C++ Development:  eclipse-cdt
  Eclipse Plug-in Development:  eclipse-pde
  Creating RPMs:  eclipse-cdt and eclipse-rpm
  Web Server Development:  eclipse-lomboz
  Changelog management:  eclipse-changelog
  
Also as a result of this change in packaging, Red Hat Developer Suite
version 2.0 requires that the jpackage-utils package be installed on 
your system.  This package is available on your installation CD or from 
Red Hat Network.

A previous release of Red Hat Developer Suite was compiled to native
binaries using GCJ (GNU Compiler for Java) and did not require a
conventional Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to be installed on the host
system.  However, Red Hat Developer Suite is no longer natively-compiled
and requires a supported JRE to be installed.  Supported JREs that have
been tested with Red Hat Developer Suite version 2.0 include:

        java-1.4.2-ibm (x86, x86_64, ia64, and ppc architectures)
        java-1.4.2-bea (x86 and ia64 architectures)

These JREs are available on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras CD or
via Red Hat Network.

The Eclipse Software Install/Update feature can be used to install plugins
into a user's home directory but the supported delivery channel for software
updates to Red Hat Developer Suite is Red Hat Network.

Known Issues:

Embedding Swing/AWT widgets inside SWT widgets is not supported in this
release of Red Hat Developer Suite.

Debugging JSPs with Lomboz requires installation of the tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api
and jasper5-runtime packages.

Users of the Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) should be
aware that renaming plugin.xml to fragment.xml may cause problems with
your workspace.  An easy workaround for this issue is to go into the
workspace and manually rename fragment.xml to plugin.xml.  This restores
the project to a working state.

New in Red Hat Developer Suite 2.1:

In Update 1 we've upgraded several core packages and added several 
new ones.  Also, x86_64 is now a supported architecture (but please note
that you must be running a 64-bit JRE).

Added:
  
  Eclipse Modelling Framework: eclipse-emf
  Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework: eclipse-gef

Updated:

  CDT Plug-in updated to 2.1.1
  Eclipse SDK updated to 3.0.2
