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Re: [cbi-dev] Orbit, maven.eclipse.org, etc.
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In the end it's about how projects consume the output of each other, or how every project defines its target environment - that's not Orbit-specific.
If we are talking about Buckminster you define a set of 'repositories of components' (CVS, Git, ... or a p2 repository) and Buckminster decides how to materialize them. The natural way to consume bundles and features is via p2 and I think most projects that are using Buckminster for their builds are using this.
In that case I would add to Davids statement below, that it's not only PDE Build that fetches components transparently, it's also Buckminster, and Maven/Tycho-based builds are not different from that point of view.
Regards,
Markus
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 17:06, David M Williams
<david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree, you seem to not understand Orbit, I tried to edit, but got
"conflict" with your edits, but still see your "list of concerns" about
Orbit in the summary, which I don't understand. Here is what I was going to
say about Orbit:
Orbit provides a centralized clearing house for IP policy approved 3rd
party dependencies. [dw edits, 02/17/2012] <del>Orbit provides this
software as a zip file containing bundles for all software. This would be
better if it were componentized so that just what is needed can be
consumed.</del> Orbit provides this software as a p2 repository, so only
those bundles required by a build need to be fetched from that repository.
The standard PDE build does this transparently. [not sure about others
build systems.] A large archive file of the while p2 repository is
provided, for those that prefer to have their own copy on, say, on some
"off site" server so they can do builds disconnected from the internet.
I think you might be trying to "talk around" the main Orbit complaint which
is "there is no mavenized version of Orbit bundles"? No?
From: Andrew Ross <andrew.ross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Common-build Developers discussion <cbi-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 02/17/2012 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [cbi-dev] Orbit, maven.eclipse.org, etc.
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to share some thoughts around Orbit,
maven.eclipse.org, etc.
as
I feel it is very important, a deceptively big problem at the moment,
and I don't think I articulated my thoughts well up to this point.
This
wiki page attempts to do so:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/CBI/Distribution
I'd like to discuss this as part of the agenda at next week's CBI
meeting. I'm sure the information on the wiki could use more details
for
completeness/correctness, so please help make it so in what ever way
is
most convenient for you such as editing the wiki, replying to this
list,
calling me, etc.
Thanks very much,
Andrew
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