Red Hat SummitChapter 2. Changes Since Developer Tools 2018.3
Red Hat Developer Tools is distributed with Eclipse 4.9.0 and other plug-ins from the 2018-09 release train which provide a number of bug fixes and feature enhancements over that distributed in Red Hat Developer Tools 2018.3. The following is an abridged list of new features and compatibility changes in this release. For details on how to use these new features, see the built-in Eclipse documentation.
Dependencies
The rh-eclipse collection depends on the rh-maven35 collection. RHEL 7.5 is recommended for the best possible experience.
Significant Package Updates
eclipse4.8.04.9.0: Eclipse Platform JDT/PDE plug-ins were updated to 4.9.0. The highlights include: - User experience and user interface enhancements, including improved support for dark theme and a new minimap feature for code editors.
- Updated versions of both Apache Ant and JUnit5.
- Code formatter improvements.
For details, see the upstream release notes at https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.9/.
eclipse-cdt9.5.29.5.3: C/C++ Development Tools was updated to 9.5.3. The highlights include: - Important fixes to code indexing features.
- Improved support for launching containerized projects with the launchbar.
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eclipse-linuxtools7.0.07.1.0: Linuxtools was updated to 7.1.0, including various bug fixes for Docker tooling and profile tooling. eclipse-m2e-core1.9.01.9.1: Eclipse Maven integration was updated to 1.9.1, including support for Java 11. For details, see the upstream release notes at https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.m2e/releases/1.9.1/bugs.
eclipse-webtools3.10.43.11.0: The Webtools plug-ins were updated 3.11.0, including support for Java 11. For details, see the upstream release notes at https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/webtools/releases/3.11/bugs.
eclipse-pydev6.3.36.5.0: The Pydev plug-in was updated to 6.5.0, including debugging and code formatting improvements. For details, see the upstream release notes: http://www.pydev.org/history_pydev.html.
eclipse-egit/eclipse-jgit5.0.15.1.1: The Git integration plug-ins were updated to 5.1.1, including usability and performance improvements. For details, see the upstream release notes at https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.jgit/releases/5.1.0 and https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.egit/releases/5.1.0.
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