obfuscate4e and Eclipse Ganymede (3.4)

The behavior of the update manager of Eclipse 3.4 changed. If you installed obfusctae4e in an extension location (not in <eclipse-install-dir>/plugins), then these directories are no longer used by Eclipse 3.4 automaticly.

You have a few alternatives to get obfuscate4e working again:

• Install obfuscate4e again via update site or (downloadable) archived update site or
• Copy your extensions locations into the folder <eclipse-install-dir>/dropins.

The second option is the prefered one if you want to separate the eclipse code base from third party plugins.

The extension location mechanism is still reproducable via links, but it is prefered to use the dropins folder.

If you wnt to know more about Eclipse’s new update manager (named p2) – here are some links:

• http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Getting_Started
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-equinox-p2/