Eclipse Europa is Here

官方关于Eclipse Europa的介绍，其中的项目已经达到21个

Eclipse Europa is the annual release of Eclipse projects. Like last year’s Callisto release, the Europa release is a coordinated release of different Eclipse project teams. This year, the annual release includes 21 projects. By releasing these projects at the same time, the goal is to eliminate uncertainty about version compatibility and make it easier to incorporate multiple projects into your environment.

While Europa is about the simultaneous release of twenty one projects, it is not a unification of the projects - each project remains a separate open source project operating with its own project leadership, its own committers, and its own project plan.

同时在站点上还提供了Europa的五部分

同样在Eclipse官方下载页面上也出现了如下内容：

To download Eclipse, select a package below or choose one of the third party Eclipse distros. You will need a Java runtime environment (JRE) to use Eclipse (Java 5 JRE recommended). All downloads are provided under the terms and conditions of the Eclipse Foundation Software User Agreement unless otherwise specified.

需要运行的Java环境是Java 5 JRE recommended，同时Eclipse packages 分成了五部分，并且每一部分都提供了Windows、Linux、MacOSX三种系统的下载地址。

引用Eclipse官方站点

Eclipse Packages

	Eclipse IDE for Java Developers - Windows (78 MB) The essential tools for any Java developer, including a Java IDE, a CVS client, XML Editor and Mylyn. Find out more...	Windows Linux MacOSX
	Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers - Windows (125 MB) Tools for Java developers creating JEE and Web applications, including a Java IDE, tools for JEE and JSF, Mylyn and others. Find out more...	Windows Linux MacOSX
	Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers - Windows (62 MB) An IDE for C/C++ developers. Find out more...	Windows Linux MacOSX
	Eclipse for RCP/Plug-in Developers - Windows (153 MB) A complete set of tools for developers who want to create Eclipse plug-ins or Rich Client Applications. It includes a complete SDK, developer tools and source code. Find out more...	Windows Linux MacOSX
	Eclipse Classic - Windows (140 MB) The classic Eclipse download: the Eclipse Platform, Java Development Tools, and Plug-in Development Environment, including source and both user and programmer documentation. Find out more...	Windows Linux MacOSX

       这些Packages主要是：Java Developer 、Java EE Developer、C/C++ Developer 以及RCP/Plug-in Developers和Eclipse Classic 。用户可以根据自己不同的需求来下载相应的Packages。这次Eclipse3.3的发布个人认为对Eclipse的分类更加系统化了，有利于开发人员的选择。

      Eclipse每个版本的变迁都对Eclipse做了很大的改进，从Eclipse 2 到Eclipse 3 、从Eclipse 3.0 到Eclipse 3.1 、Eclipse3.3 让Java的开发更加便捷，同时Eclipse的发展也可以反映出Java的发展变迁，从基础的J2SE 到企业级别的J2EE，从Java企业行业的标准EJB到Java轻量级别的Spring，这些在Eclipse中都体现的淋漓尽致。当前流行的很多轻量级别的框架都是在Eclipse平台上开发的，这样是Eclipse的优势越来越强劲了。