I had serious problems from the beginning when I started using Eclipse under Feisty for php development. The svn plugin somehow stopped working after a few commits/updates which made me kill eclipse and start it again.
Now I found a solution, just use JavaHL instead of the predefined SVNKit. To make this happen just install
sudo apt-get install libsvn-javahl
add this line to the eclipse.ini startup file
-vmargs Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni
restart Eclipse and in the “Preferences” switch the SVN Interface to JavaHL.
I am using easyeclipse, its very good for my needs and it comes with all the necessary plugins preinstalled.
