eclipse (eclipse distribution/projects/workspaces) synched over several stations with Dropbox/SVN

I am trying to setup eclipse and the project/workspaces to works smoothly and efficiently over 3 different computers (not in the same LAN).

Right now I have to do this in every computer:

• install a plugin
• customize eclipse.ini
• customize prefs (I'll keep prefs.epf inside \eclipse folder and keep it synched with care)

I would like to avoid it so I won't end up with different versions of plugins etc in different computers. In order to achieve this, I have decided the following:

1. \eclipse distribution

   I intend to put my \eclipse distribution under Dropbox. The reason for that is to use the exact same eclipse install in the 3 computers I u开发者_如何学Gose.

2. Projects

   Projects (src and all resources etc) are synched by using SVN/Hg (I keep some projects under one, others in the other). No problem here. But the same project is stored in different drive/path in different computers (C:\projects\projectA and D:\projectA for example).

3. Workspaces

   I use a different workspace for each project (or group of related projects). So I run eclipse with

   -data \path-to-.metadata

My question is, where do I put worskpace folders, and do I synch them?? I have two options:

• I keep workspaces inside Dropbox, this way they are synched automaticaly. But will it work?? As pointed out previously the same project can be in diff drive/path in two computers. This is the approach taken by this stackoverflow guy, but not sure if he had diff. drives etc.

• I keep workspaces outside Dropbox, they are NOT synched. My question here is whether the same \eclipse will open -data \workspaceAInComputerA and then later open -data workspaceAInComputerB having both same names, projects etc but being totally separate workspaces.

It sounds a bit convoluted maybe but I think it's worth setting it right for long term usage. Anyone can recommend a setup?? thanks

ps: I don't want to keep taking a usb with me so don't suggest any 'portable eclipse' thing please!

This guy seems to have put his workspaces in Dropbox and it seems to be working for him. Personally, I'm putting the Entire eclipse directory + some sdk's in dropbox - we'll see how that goes!

UPDATE: This went horribly wrong for me - just going to use svn/git