[platform-dev] 4.20 RC1 reminders and master is open

Hi all, We are scheduled to promote and contribute 4.19 RC1 to the simrel on Friday the 28th. Don't forget to consult the endgame plan regarding release candidates: https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/freeze_plan_4_20.php Here is the schedule: 26 Wed 18:00 New York time

[platform-dev] Eclipse 4.20 M3 and Equinox 2021-06 M3 available

Hi, We are pleased to announce that 2021-06 M3 is available for download and updates. Eclipse downloads: https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.20M3-20210519180 0/ New and Noteworthy: https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse

Re: [platform-dev] Why does DebugPlugin need eventlisteners in order to schedule runnables?

Hi Anton, That code was written a long time ago (2004) - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=30779 - so it may be difficult to get any first hand knowledge of the answer. When the code was first written that job (EventDispatchJob) would have nothing to do if there were no listeners as t

[platform-dev] Why does DebugPlugin need eventlisteners in order to schedule runnables?

Hi, I have a question about  the scheduling mechanism in org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugPlugin. This code in particular: /public boolean shouldSchedule() {// //            return !(isShuttingDown() || fEventListeners.isEmpty());// //        }/ Why does the DebugPlugin need to have EventListeners