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e(fx)clipse update sites [message #1701803]

Wed, 15 July 2015 14:46

Eclipse User

Hallo,

I am integrating e(fx)clipse in my development environment to build a JavaFx Applications based on GEF4.

I would like to understand the difference in the content of different update sites.

As example i consider the three following update sites:

I see that :

Update sites 1. and 2. they have the same major version, but different timestamp.
--> So, question 1 : In this case, for final user development purposes, it is always better to get the plugin from the update site with the latest timestamp ?
I see that 1. and 2. they both contains the 2.0.0 version, while the 3. contains the 2.1.0.
--> So, question 2 : For integration purposes (GEF4 will be integrated with the latest e(fx)clipse), it is always better to get the plugins from the site with the highest version ?

Thank you in advance, for the time you spend in responding to this question, which I think it might be even trivial from your point of view.

Kind Regards.
Patrik

[Updated on: Wed, 15 July 2015 14:47] by Moderator

Re: e(fx)clipse update sites [message #1701846 is a reply to message #1701803]

Thu, 16 July 2015 04:11

Eclipse User

On 15.07.15 20:46, Patrik Suzzi wrote:
> Hallo,
> I am integrating e(fx)clipse in my development environment to build a
> JavaFx Applications based on GEF4.
> I would like to understand the difference in the content of different
> update sites.
> As example i consider the three following update sites:
> http://download.eclipse.org/efxclipse/updates-released/2.0.0/site/

This is the release we published as part of the release train.

> http://download.eclipse.org/efxclipse/simrel-contrib/mars/m7/tools/site/

This is our m7 contribution. Our SimRel final contribution is at
http://download.eclipse.org/efxclipse/simrel-contrib/mars/rc4/tools/site/ which
is identical to
http://download.eclipse.org/efxclipse/updates-released/2.0.0/site/

> http://download.eclipse.org/efxclipse/updates-nightly/site/
>

This is the nightly build which will result in our next minor release
scheduled for Mid August
(https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.efxclipse/releases/2.1.0)

An update-site you did not mention is our runtime-site - I don't know if
the app you develop will be based on e4 but this the runtime-site is
fully self-contained so you can add GEF4 to it and things should work
quite well.

Please also note if your application does not need to plug itself in the
Eclipse IDE NO e(fx)clipse stuff is strictly needed! You only need our
special classloading hook if you want to embedd GEF4 in SWT!

>
> I see that :
>
> Update sites 1. and 2. they have the same major version, but different
> timestamp. --> So, question 1 : In this case, it is always better to
> get the plugin from the update site with the latest timestamp ?
> I see that 1. and 2. they both contains the 2.0.0 version, while the 3.
> contains the 2.1.0.
> --> So, question 2 : For integration purposes (GEF4 will be
> integrated with the latest e(fx)clipse), it is always better to get the
> plugins from the site with the highest version ?
>

We try to keep our nightly stable so you should be able to target the
nightly while developing and if our release schedule which is roughly
going to 6-8 weeks until next March.

Tom

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