I released Durham 0.2.0 today, incorporating plugins and files from Eclipse 3.1. Durham's goal for 1.0 is to be effective metadata support for the Eclipse platform and Rich Client Platform (RCP) applications

Along with the Durham library, I also released the two proof-of-concept applications: AudioMan and QuickEditor. The best part about the release of these applications is that because of the RCP and my Ant build scripts I've released both applications on three platforms (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) simultaneously.

Now that everything is set up I can continue to release these applications on all three platforms at the same time, which is an incredible advantage for an application developer. I do admit that the deployment setup took a good amount of work but RCP applications will really have an advantage in the future here, especially as non-Windows platforms like Mac OS X and Linux take up a larger share of the pie.

The Eclipse Rich Client Platform is very, very close to having very easy deployment, I think, and it will only get easier.

Now that deployment is taken care of, Durham 0.3.0 will include some necessary refactoring and new features. I will continue to demonstrate new Durham features with AudioMan and QuickEditor.