On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 06:34:42PM +0200, Daniel Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > Michael Koch wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 08:20:02PM +0200, Daniel R. wrote: > >> Package: eclipse > >> Severity: important > >> > >> > >> I have had eclipse (downloaded from www.eclipse.org, directly) installed > >> on my /opt/eclipse directory for some time, along with Sun's java 5 > >> (update 6) sdk (debian-packaged with java-package), and it worked > >> correctly. > >> The response time was acceptable. > >> > >> Yesterday eclipse packages became available to debian testing and I > >> installed them. Of course, it also installed the corresponding GNU JVM > >> packages debian-eclipse uses by default. > >> > >> Both versions of eclipse I had now in my machine were the same: 3.1.2. > >> The only difference I noticed in UI was the memory / garbage collector > >> icon > >> in debian-eclipse version (not present in original one). > >> > >> I installed onto /usr/share/eclipse the same additional plugins I had > >> installed and working in the /opt/eclipse version: > >> - emf-sdo-xsd-SDK-2.1.2.zip > >> - GEF-SDK-3.1.1.zip > >> - jadclipse_3.1.0.jar > >> - JEM-SDK-1.1.0.1.zip > >> - VE-runtime-1.1.0.1.zip > >> - wtp-sdk-R-1.0.2-200604280245.zip > >> > >> I removed all eclipse's configuration directories in my home account, and > >> started it worked apparently correctly, but loaded and ran much slower > >> than > >> my original version. I tried changing the JVM used to Sun's JVM in > >> preferences, > >> rerun eclipse, but it did not solve the problem. > >> > >> I removed all eclipse's conf. dirs. again and started my /opt/eclipse > >> version, > >> and it run smoothly (as Java can be) as it always did. Therefore, I have > >> uninstalled debian-eclipse packages, and the dependency-related GNU JVM > >> packages. > >> > >> I guess there is a problem with the way debian-eclipse is compiled or > >> configured. > >> > >> > >> I think this problem is important for package's usability. > > > > By default eclipse uses GCJ as runtime and I think you have forgotten to > > install the need eclipse-*-gcj and libswt-*-gcj packages to make it > > fast. Without these packages Eclipse is just interpreted as GCJ has no > > JIT yet. And this is slow. Please confirm this makes it faster. An > > alternative is to edit /etc/eclipse/java_home to prefer SUN JDK as your > > runtime. This makes it faster too. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Michael > > Hi, > > I have followed the recommendations from Michael (have used > /.eclipse/eclipserc to override default JAVA_HOME instead of > /etc/eclipse/java_home), and it solved the problem. > > With GCJ it ran still a bit slow. With SUN JDK it runs fine.
Have you tried to install the eclipse-*-gcj and libswt-*-gcj packages too? Is the speed of eclipse with GCJ then acceptable for you? I plan to add an eclipse-gcj package to the next upload which depends on all needed packages. Cheers, Michael -- http://www.worldforge.org/ _______________________________________________ pkg-java-maintainers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-maintainers
