Difference between Eclipse Europa, Helios, Galileo

Question

What is the difference between versions of Eclipse (Europa, Helios, Galileo)? Which is the best for desktop application?

Answer 1

To see a list of the Eclipse release name and it's corresponding version number go to this website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_%28software%29#Release

• Release Date Platform version
• Juno ?? June 2012 4.2?
• Indigo 22 June 2011 3.7
• Helios 23 June 2010 3.6
• Galileo 24 June 2009 3.5
• Ganymede 25 June 2008 3.4
• Europa 29 June 2007 3.3
• Callisto 30 June 2006 3.2
• Eclipse 3.1 28 June 2005 3.1
• Eclipse 3.0 21 June 2004 3.0

I too dislike the way that the Eclipse foundation DOES NOT use the version number for their downloads or on the Help -> About Eclipse dialog. They do display the version on the download webpage, but the actual file name is something like:

• eclipse-java-indigo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
• eclipse-java-helios-linux-gtk.tar.gz

But over time, you forget what release name goes with what version number. I would much prefer a file naming convention like:

• eclipse-3.7.1-java-indigo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
• eclipse-3.6-java-helios-linux-gtk.tar.gz

This way you get BOTH from the file name and it is sortable in a directory listing. Fortunately, they mostly choose names are alphabetically after the previous one (except for 3.4-Ganymede vs the newer 3.5-Galileo).