Two days back I noticed Eclipse had a mysterious update available; Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, version 4.4.1.20150109-0740 with id “epp.package.jee”:

Of course there was no info on what this update was about and Googling for it yielded no results. Googling again for it today gave a single hit:

download.eclipse.org/technology/epp/packages/luna/SR1a/p2.diff.txt

Looking at the URL revealed that “4.4.1.20150109-0740” is the alternative universe version for what’s otherwise known as “Luna SR1a”. Googling for the latter gave some more results, particularly the following one:

Eclipse Ships Luna SR1a Git Security Release

A bit out of character, but the Eclipse organization even linked to this from their homepage!

Why it’s so difficult for Eclipse to show a description for their updates is still a small mystery, but at least the mystery of what “4.4.1.20150109-0740” is about is now solved 😉

Arjan Tijms