For the most part, this is a maintenance release. Major changes include:
- Adding self-update capabilities to update the Marketplace Client through its Marketplace entry
- Improving theme support and making the Marketplace Client look good with the Eclipse IDE Dark Theme
- Updating the required Java version to Java 1.8 and refactoring the code to make use of the new Java 1.8 language features.
- Updating the project license to EPL v2.0
Release Date
Release Type
Minor release
This release is part of Eclipse Photon, Eclipse IDE 2018-09
| Name | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Photon RC1 | 2018/05/25 | Feature complete |
| Photon RC2 | 2018/06/01 | Release Candidate |
| Photon RC3 | 2018/06/08 | Release Candidate |
| Photon RC4 | 2018/06/15 | Release Candidate, final release build. |
| Photon GA | 2018/06/27 | MPC Release 1.7 as part of Eclipse Photon Release |