Bug 102285 [Import/Export] Project Import wizard unusably slow
R3.1 I wanted to create a new 3.2 workspace and import some projects from my 3.1 development workspace which contains around 120 plug-ins. I've set the root of the importer to point at those plug-ins. After letting the wizard scan my disk for over 10 minutes I gave up and did it manually. A possible source for the problem might be that the root directory (as expected) contains a .metadata directory with tons of data (in my case) and that this one is fully scanned.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.ide/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/wizards/datatransfer/WizardProjectsImportPage.java
layout.marginWidth = 0;
		layout.makeColumnsEqualWidth = false;
		listComposite.setLayout(layout);
		listComposite.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.GRAB_HORIZONTAL
				| GridData.GRAB_VERTICAL | GridData.FILL_BOTH));
		projectsList = new CheckboxTreeViewer(listComposite, SWT.BORDER);
		GridData listData = new GridData(GridData.GRAB_HORIZONTAL
				| GridData.GRAB_VERTICAL | GridData.FILL_BOTH);
		projectsList.getControl().setLayoutData(listData);
		projectsList.setContentProvider(new ITreeContentProvider() {
			/*
			 * (non-Javadoc)
			 * 
			 * @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITreeContentProvider#getChildren(java.lang.Object)
			 */
			public Object[] getChildren(Object parentElement) {
				return null;
			}
			/*
			 * (non-Javadoc)
			 * 
			 * @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredContentProvider#getElements(java.lang.Object)
			 */
			public Object[] getElements(Object inputElement) {
				return selectedProjects;
			}
			/*
			 * (non-Javadoc)
			 * 
			 * @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITreeContentProvider#hasChildren(java.lang.Object)