A few years ago I've installed several SVN plugins for eclipse. At the time I wasn't impressed with their quality. Many were slow, buggy and couldn't cope with any file interactions that didn't go through the plugin. So I went back to just using TortoiseSVN for windows and command line for linux. Now I'm ready to give it another try.
Which Subversion plugins for Eclipse are most popular currently and work well, how do they compare?
Subversive is meant to be the official eclipse svn plugin, but the setup was still more difficult than subclipse last time I installed.
Subversive does offer a richer interface, and I prefer it now over subclipse, even with the more complicated installation.
Subclipse is the most popular, but Subversive is the most usable IMO. Subversive was built to cleanly integrate into the Eclipse team system - something which Subclipse does't do that good. You can follow this link for a discussion of both plugins.
While subclipse is a good plugin. It seems that subversive now has the upper hand. subversive is now part of the eclipse incubation process, and is planned to become the official subversion team provider for eclipse.