[Issues] [yjung@eso.org: Eclipse 5.0.0 released]

[D.R. Boxhoorn]

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From: yjung at eso.org
Subject: Eclipse 5.0.0 released
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:25:33 +0200 (MEST)
To: eclipse-announce at eso.org
Reply-To: yjung at eso.org


Dear eclipse users,

The 5.0.0 eclipse version has been released three weeks ago.

http://www.eso.org/projects/aot/eclipse/

This release is the last one as eclipse support has been stopped. The
eclipse library has been replaced by the Common Pipeline Library (CPL):

http://www.eso.org/observing/cpl/

The pipelines supported by eclipse so far (ISAAC and NACO) have been
re-written and use the CPL like all other ESO standard VLT pipelines.

CPL is a C library and has replaced eclipse at ESO. It contains most of
the functionalities that were offered so far by eclipse, with lots of
additional modules, a very detailled and useful reference guide, a good
documentation, and a complete team dedicated for its development and
support.

The command line tools offered by eclipse (ccube, stcube, ...) are still
available through this last release, they might be offered in a new
package based on CPL in the near future.

Cheers,
Yves Jung







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"This release is the last one as eclipse support has been stopped."
Although we are maintaining our own version of eclipse, we should keep
an eye on CPL. Presumably, CPL - including a Python binding - that is
maintained by ESO and freely available, obviates the need to maintain
eclipse.
On the other hand - until now - eclipse maintenance did not require too
much effort.

                                                   Danny