what clearcase plugin to use with eclipse

Question

Which Clearcase plugin should I use for eclipse 3.5+?

• which is easiest to use?
• which is most reliable?
• can any of the plugins handle workin

Answer 1

You can install CC plugin 3.4 without any problem in a shared bundle repository.
Unzip them in order to have, in your own directory outside eclipse (unzip each files into their respective directories):

myPlugins
  com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ccrefresh.all_os-20081031A
    eclipse
      features
        com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ccrefresh_7.0.0.20081031A
     plugins
        com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ccrefresh_7.0.0.20081031A
  com.rational.clearcase.win32-20081031A
    eclipse
      features
        com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ccimport.feature_7.0.0.20070612B
        com.rational.clearcase_7.0.0.20081031A
      plugins
        com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ccimport_7.0.0.20070612B
        com.rational.clearcase.activities_7.0.0.20081031A
        com.rational.clearcase.help_7.0.0.20081031A
        com.rational.clearcase_7.0.0.20081031A

It will be picked up by the new provisioning mechanism p2 with eclipse3.5, provided you mention the right option in your eclipse.ini

-Dorg.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins.directory= /your_path/e34shared_dropin

That way, you can reference them from any eclipse3.4 or eclipse3.5 installation you might have (just a line to add in your eclipse.ini).

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Cid reference in the comments the following notes from "Rational ClearCase SCM Adapter (For Eclipse), Version 7.0.0.2":

When installing into Eclipse 3.5.x you may need to uncheck "**Group items by category" to see the entries for installation**.
For SCM Adapter there is no need to check anything other than "Rational ClearCase SCM Adapter" as the other entry (Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse Import) is a subfeature of the SCM Adapter and will automaticaly be included.