Picking up pending changes
Whenever the Eclipse platform is started it detects and notes any changes that
have been made to the installed base of files such as the appearance (or disappearance)
of feature and plug-in versions. New or updated features are not automatically
configured for an existing workspace; rather, you are told on start up that
there are updates and given the opportunity to configure them. If you accept them,
the new and updated feature versions become a part of the feature and plug-in
configuration used for that workspace. If not accepted, the new and updated
feature versions remain dormant (disabled) for that workspace, but available
to be picked up at a later time.
To pick up pending changes:
- When new changes are detected, Configuration Changes page will open on
startup. Alternatively, click Help > Software Updates > Pending
Changes....
The Configuration Changes page opens showing a list of detected changes.
- Select and expand detected change items to see the associated feature
versions. You can accept the entire change items, or select individual
features. Individual selection may be necessary in case when some of the new
features have errors.
- Check items that are to be included in the configuration. Unchecked items
are ignored (but remain pending).
- Click Finish to update the configuration, or Cancel to
retain the current configuration (pending changes remain pending). Note that
if a pending item has been partially selected (not all the features),
pressing Finish will mark the item processed and it will be removed
from the list of pending changes.
- Click Yes when asked to exit and restart the workbench for the
changes to take effect.

Features

Updating features with the update manager
Restoring a saved configuration