Bug#914448: RM: eclipse -- ROM; Old and unmaintained, replaced by finer-grained libraries

[Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

Hi,

Please remove the src:eclipse package. This package contains an old version
of the Eclipse IDE that hasn't been updated since 2012. The package fails
to build and the IDE is no longer suitable for the version of Java shipped
in Debian (OpenJDK 11).

Smaller library packages have been uploaded to replace the big monolithic
eclipse package, and the eclipse reverse dependencies have all been updated
to use these new packages.

The Eclipse IDE may return in Debian under a different form if motivated
and skilled developpers step forward for maintaining it. Just contact the
Java Team: debian-java@lists.debian.org

Thank you,

Emmanuel Bourg