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New plugins should target Eclipse 3.0?

 
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Kent and Erich,
I'm in the early stages of developing a suite of plugins to support development in a new language. I've made the decision to target Eclipse 3, as the plugins will not be released in beta form until the late Spring.
Is this a wise decision, in your opinion? What's the 2.x -> 3.0 transition going to look like? Are people going to jump on it, or take it slow? Are other plugins going to be upgraded quickly?
 
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In our shop (a small one of around a dozen developers), we have both 2.1 and 3.0 (latest stable build) installed. It seems as if everyone is using 3.0, though - it has some quirks, but productivity improvement is considerable.
We also have a huge amount of thirdparty plugins installed, and I can't remember one of them not working with 3.0.
So I'd think of support for 3.0 as required, 2.x optional. YMMV, of course.
 
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I recommend that you check-out the 3.0 plan:
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/eclipse_project_plan_3_0.html
It provides you with the release dates and spells out the compatibility rules between 2.1 and 3.0.
--erich
 
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