RFR: 8326964: Remove Eclipse Shared Workspaces [v5]

[Julian Waters]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:06:26 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Side tangent: How are the Workspaces for the other IDEs set up? Are they contained entirely in the ide subdirectory in the build directory or do they end up leaving their metadata in the top level directory like the Shared Workspaces used to do? I plan to improve Eclipse support over time, and these details might potentially be important to that effort
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> Ok, it's fine for integration then.
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> As for other IDEs: there is very little coordination on this; most IDE integrations are like barely kept alive by some enthusiast. I would really love to see some better grip on this, unifying IDE support and making it more of a first-class citizen of the build, but this has unfortunately kept being pushed down the prio list. :-(
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> If you feel so inclined, please try out the different IDEs supported. The very first step, I believe, is to have proper documentation in docs/ide.md. Even if we have a process that requires several manual steps, it is better to have it formalized and documented in a single place. Then it can form the basis for a more automated approach.

Sorry I think I may not understand what you mean by unifying IDE support "and making it more of a first class citizen of the build", do you mean a central Setup IDE function in make of some sort, much like SetupNativeCompilation? I don't see how that might be possible given how each IDE has wildly varying requirements and save data formats

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18046#discussion_r1528469422