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Update Site for Old Versions [message #690668]

Wed, 29 June 2011 20:21

Eclipse User

Just realized that http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/36/update/ only references the most recent feature versions (had a build break because the target definition referenced version 2.1.2.e36x-20110307-1000 of the org.eclipse.contribution.weaving feature, but this has been replaced with a version 2.1.3.e36x-20110622-1300).

Is there a update site location that I can use to reference features in a more stable manner?

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #690720 is a reply to message #690668]

Thu, 30 June 2011 01:10

Eclipse User

There is no update site, but there are zipped snapshots of older versions. On the downloads page, there is a link to all the old versions. http://www.eclipse.org/ajdt/downloads/

2.1.2 is available here:
http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/36/update/ajdt_2.1.2_for_eclipse_3.6.zip

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #690724 is a reply to message #690720]

Thu, 30 June 2011 01:20

Eclipse User

ps- to use the zip file, download it and point your p2 installer (or target definition) to this zip file. The zip file is a full p2 update site.

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691185 is a reply to message #690724]

Thu, 30 June 2011 18:26

Eclipse User

Andrew Eisenberg wrote on Thu, 30 June 2011 01:20

ps- to use the zip file, download it and point your p2 installer (or target definition) to this zip file. The zip file is a full p2 update site.

It doesn't look like the Eclipse Target Definition editor is happy when I point it at a zip file like so:

<location includeAllPlatforms="false" includeMode="planner" includeSource="true" type="InstallableUnit">
<unit id="org.eclipse.contribution.weaving.feature.group" version="2.1.3.e36x-20110622-1300"/>
<repository location="http://download.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/36/update/ajdt_2.1.3_for_eclipse_3.6.zip"/>
</location>

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691186 is a reply to message #691185]

Thu, 30 June 2011 18:31

Eclipse User

I can probably unzip the update site somewhere and make it available in the archives area of Eclipse.org. Would that work for you?

[Updated on: Thu, 30 June 2011 18:31] by Moderator

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691188 is a reply to message #691186]

Thu, 30 June 2011 18:42

Eclipse User

Andrew Eisenberg wrote on Thu, 30 June 2011 18:31

I can probably unzip the update site somewhere and make it available in the archives area of Eclipse.org. Would that work for you?

Having stable, version-specific update site URLs would be useful. But in the long run, I should probably figure out how to set up a cache for third-party bundles to avoid such problems. That must be what everyone else is doing, if I'm the only one complaining.

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691190 is a reply to message #691186]

Thu, 30 June 2011 18:47

Eclipse User

Another possibility, could you download the zip and unzip it locally? I don't mind unzipping the archive at eclipse.org, but unzipping it locally may give you more control over it.

No one has asked for this before.

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691191 is a reply to message #691190]

Thu, 30 June 2011 18:50

Eclipse User

What versions of AJDT are you looking for specifically?

What versions of Eclipse are you targetting?

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691193 is a reply to message #691191]

Thu, 30 June 2011 19:07

Eclipse User

Andrew Eisenberg wrote on Thu, 30 June 2011 18:50

What versions of AJDT are you looking for specifically?

What versions of Eclipse are you targetting?

Everything works fine for me after updating my target definition to reference version 2.1.3 of the org.eclipse.contribution.weaving feature instead of 2.1.2.

But I'd like to avoid unpredictable build failures when the version of a feature that is referenced from a target definition disappears from its update site. Also, I may once in a while need to build an older version of the RCP application I am working on, in which case it is nice not having to go hunt for old versions of features that have disappeared from their original update sites.

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691198 is a reply to message #691193]

Thu, 30 June 2011 19:21

Eclipse User

OK. I created the following update sites:

http://archive.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/36/2.1.3/
http://archive.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/36/2.1.2/
http://archive.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/37/2.1.3/

each location has the specified AJDT version for the specified Eclipse version. You can expect that these update sites will remain indefinitely. And I will add to them as more releases become available.

Re: Update Site for Old Versions [message #691200 is a reply to message #691198]

Thu, 30 June 2011 19:27

Eclipse User

Andrew Eisenberg wrote on Thu, 30 June 2011 19:21

OK. I created the following update sites:

http://archive.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/36/2.1.3/
http://archive.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/36/2.1.2/
http://archive.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/37/2.1.3/

each location has the specified AJDT version for the specified Eclipse version. You can expect that these update sites will remain indefinitely. And I will add to them as more releases become available.

Thanks!

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