| Plugins dowloader and manager [message #328496] |
Mon, 26 May 2008 12:32  |
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Originally posted by: divis1969.mail.ru
Hi,
Not sure this is right group for this message. Just point me the right one
in this case.
I'm looking for a tool that can help me to do the following:
1. Check for new versions of plugins referred by update site URL (and
maybe by direct URL to a ZIP)
2. Download new versions of plugins
3. Upload downloaded plugins to a local network (in form of update site,
local archive or whatever that can be used by Eclipse Update Manager later)
4. Manage this local plugin database (not only upload to it, but to remove
or change some attributes, internal structure maybe)
The goal is to have a sharable local update site that can be updated with
newer versions/new plugins and can be accessed by several Eclipse users
from within local network.
So, I need just download new plugins but no need to install them into my
local Eclipse.
Right now, I'm doing this manually. Some plugins have just update site,
some are distributed by update site archives, some just ordinal archives.
I would like to automate this process.
I was intended to use Pulse, but it looks like users need to have an
online access to network. This is not acceptable for me.
Dmitry
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| Re: Plugins dowloader and manager [message #328539 is a reply to message #328496] |
Tue, 27 May 2008 09:36  |
| Eclipse User |
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Originally posted by: divis1969.mail.ru
I've also found a site.xml syntax
( http://help.eclipse.org/help33/topic/org.eclipse.platform.do c.isv/reference/misc/update_sitemap.html)
but it was unable to answer my questions regarding update site.
Perhaps, somebody knows answers?
1. Can I create a category tree (i.e. subcategory in category)? According
to spec, I should be able to specify it: "name - category name. Is
specified as a path of name tokens separated by /". But what this slash
means for Update Manager? It looks it just treats it as ordinal symbol.
I've tried to create three categories with names: Category1,
Category1/Category2 and Category1/Category3. All of them are listed in a
flat list instead of a tree.
2. Can I place the feature and plugin JAR files hierarchically? Originally
(on update site where I've found them, they were located under features/
and plugins/ directories. Is it possible to place them under
<SomeName>/features and <SomeName>/plugins (or maybe features/<SomeName>
and plugins/<SomeName>, but first way is more preferable)? I've tried both
ways and it does not work (Update manager can see just categories, but no
features under these categories). Should I change something in feature JAR
files?
Dmtry
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