Idea #9032: Make a separate Developer Repository

Written by fragro the 24 May 08 at 13:02. Category: Programming.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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Like the not supported Backports, with latest IDE's and recommended development tools.

Actual Versions especially in _Gutsy_ are outdated and lacks of needed Features. (Hardy is unusable in this time [for me])

Examples:
Monodevelop (C/C++ is in MD 1.0)
Eclipse (Eclipse is 3.2 actually 3.4)
Netbeans (Netbeans is 5.5 actually 6, better GTK integration more features)
OpenJDK (more stable than icedtea)
Vala (totally outdated 0.1.6 actually 0.3.2)
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Ssdg wrote on the 24 May 08 at 14:29

Eclipse is actually 3.4, but I don't care because VE isn't working with anything after 3.2 for the moment. (Visual Editor, I admit it doesn't generate optimised code, but It's really fast and I can rewrite this later concentrating on more critical parts of my program than the user interface)

Ssdg wrote on the 24 May 08 at 14:34

(I clicked submit too soon, my mistake)

I understand the reasons for eclipse, and I believe there is other as good reasons for the other programs.

I suggest you to change your mind about the repository and ask for adding thoses packages the same way as supertux2 or firefox2. so it would be possible to install both easily

subtwo wrote on the 4 Jun 08 at 11:23

I actually like the idea of having a "developer" repository. There is nothing prevnting this repository to host stable releases side-by-side with unstable/newer releases. But it would be a huge step forward for developers to be able to keep at the cutting edge of their current development environment.

The process of installing these things manually is not very appealing and often requires spending time tweaking the package to work with Ubuntu.

I think it would be even more useful to keep a range of versions of different applications available for easy installation. Often when looking at enterprise development environments a specific version of a tool is required.

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