Add merged JVM cacerts with OS trust store to N&N#454
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Just a tiny recommendation.
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| The new `-Declipse.platform.mergeTrust=true` property is added by default to the Platform SDK and Runtime Binary as well as to all the EPP packages starting with 2025-12. |
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| The new `-Declipse.platform.mergeTrust=true` property is added by default to the Platform SDK and Runtime Binary as well as to all the EPP packages starting with 2025-12. | |
| The new `-Declipse.platform.mergeTrust=true` property is added by default to the Platform SDK and Runtime Binary as well as to all the IDE packages starting with 2025-12. |
Probably most users won't be so familiar, with the term "EPP.
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Pull request overview
This PR adds documentation to the Eclipse Platform 4.38 News & Noteworthy about a new system property that merges JVM and OS trust stores to address SSL certificate validation issues. The feature helps resolve common certificate path building errors that users encountered after Eclipse 2024-12 changed the trust store behavior.
Key Changes
- Documents the new
-Declipse.platform.mergeTrust=truesystem property - Explains the trust store evolution (JVM-only before 2024-12 → OS-only starting 2024-12 → merged approach with new property)
- Notes this property is now added by default to Platform SDK, Runtime Binary, and IDE packages starting with 2025-12
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Document new system property to merge JVM and OS trust stores to improve SSL certificate validation.