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Re: [cdt-dev] CDT and Galileo

Doug,
you can help us to improve remote CDT by submitting bugs for any
problems you discover.

Thanks!
Anna.
-- 
Dr. Anna Dushistova,
MontaVista Software Inc.

On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 12:36 -0400, Doug Schaefer wrote:
> Other than the SDK feature, which is not targeted at users, and remote
> CDT what features were you referring to? I'm not sure there was
> anything else on the ganymede site that we are considering removing.
> 
> I'm not objecting. I'm just not supporting :). I'm not sure how many
> people use the remote CDT feature to begin with, especially given the
> quality problems I saw with it.
> 
> Doug.
> 
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Chris Recoskie <recoskie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>         Sending this again as the mailing list seems to have eaten my
>         message...
>         
>         I have no objections to Martin's proposals.
>         
>         I do object to removing features from the update site so that
>         the set of features there solely corresponds to what is in the
>         C/C++ IDE package (Doug's proposal). A few reasons:
>         
>         
>              1. These features have been in the simultaneous release
>                 update sites already (e.g. Ganymede). Users will
>                 expect them to be there again. We have been telling
>                 users to get these components there already.
>              2. The Galileo site as far as I know is intended to be an
>                 entry point to discovering what components are out
>                 there. Without it, I doubt many people will find these
>                 features as they'll be buried on other update sites
>                 that don't get much press. There will be no other good
>                 avenue for discovery of features.
>              3. The dependency resolution issue that Martin mentioned.
>              4. People that just want the C/C++ IDE are just going to
>                 download it from the main Eclipse page anyway and are
>                 not likely to go to the Galileo update site to get
>                 anything, so catering to them seems to be a waste of
>                 energy.
>         
>         Regards,
>         
>         ===========================
>         Chris Recoskie
>         Team Lead, IBM CDT and RDT
>         IBM Toronto
>         
>         Inactive hide details for Oberhuber,"Oberhuber, Martin"
>         <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>         
>         
>         
>                                         "Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>                                         
>                                         Sent by: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
>                                         
>                                         05/13/2009 05:57 AM
>                                         
>                                         Please respond to
>                                         "CDT General developers list." <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>         
>                      To
>         
>         "CDT General
>         developers
>         list."
>         <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>         
>                      cc
>         
>         DSDP PMC list
>         <dsdp-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>         
>                 Subject
>         
>         RE: [cdt-dev]
>         CDT and Galileo
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         Hi Doug,
>         
>         In my opinion, the biggest benefit of the coordinated update
>         site in the past was that dependencies got automatically
>         resolved.
>         
>         The "two-step-installation" scenario that you propose for
>         "optional add-ons" to CDT is flawed in several ways: 
>                       * In the Remote CDT case, I need to think about
>                         installing RSE in the first step BEFORE I get
>                         the remote launcher in the 2nd step. Who would
>                         ever think about this?
>                       * Optional pieces are hard to find. As of
>                         Galileo M7, no additional repositories are
>                         added when I install all of Galileo. I won't
>                         know the URL of the CDT repository. This may
>                         be a current p2 bug, but on the other hand, if
>                         all contributing project's repositories were
>                         added, how would I find the CDT one?
>                       * DD-DSF and RemoteCDT have been on Ganymede.
>                         Not having them in Galileo is a regression.
>                         Clients may just expect finding it there.
>         While I agree that the Galileo site is going to become large,
>         I cannot see how adding the following would lead to any more
>         confusion: 
>                       * Collaboration > Mylyn Bridge: C/C++
>                         Development
>                       * Device Development > Eclipse C/C++ DSF gdb
>                         Integration
>                       * Device Development > Eclipse C/C++ Memory View
>                         Enhancements
>                       * Device Development > Eclipse C/C++ Remote
>                         Launch
>         I took the freedom of remaming some of the features (memory
>         view, DSF, Remote Launch) for the sake of being more end-user
>         consumable on a coordinated site such as Galileo. But given
>         that p2 finally sorts contributions alphabetically, I would
>         really appreciate seeing these contributions on Galileo. 
>         
>         I do believe that having these on Galileo is important for the
>         whole DSDP message, thus I'm CC'ing the DSDP PMC.
>         
>         And BTW, as I've mentioned before I'm in favor of
>         re-introducing the Ganymede category name of "Remote Access
>         and Device Development" rather than just Device Development as
>         it's today.
>         
>         Cheers,
>         --
>         Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
>         Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
>         http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         ______________________________________________________________
>         From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>         [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug
>         Schaefer
>         Sent: Montag, 11. Mai 2009 16:19
>         To: CDT General developers list.
>         Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] CDT and Galileo
>         
>         Hi Martin. We're treat the Galileo repository as a spring
>         board to the C/C++ IDE. All other features for the CDT, of
>         which there are many, are available in the CDT repository. We
>         discussed removing remoteCDT from Galileo, and it was a tough
>         decision, but we've decided to treat it under the same rules
>         as the other CDT features. The Galileo repo is going to be a
>         disaster. There are way too many projects contributing to it
>         and I don't want to add to the mess.
>         
>         At the end of the day, the EPP packages should be the main
>         vehicle where the user community gets their Eclipse plugins.
>         We need an Embedded Development IDE EPP package and that's
>         something I figure would come out of the DSDP Packaging
>         project if it ever gets off the ground.
>         
>         Doug.
>         
>         On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Oberhuber, Martin
>         <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
>                 PS DSF is also missing in Galileo.
>                 
>                 DSF and RemoteCDT missing are regressions compared to
>                 Ganymede, where they have been in...
>                 
>                 Cheers,
>                 --
>                 Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff,
>                 Wind River
>                 Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
>                 http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 ______________________________________________________
>                 From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>                 [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>                 Oberhuber, Martin
>                 Sent: Montag, 11. Mai 2009 15:10
>                 To: CDT General developers list.
>                 Subject: [cdt-dev] CDT and Galileo
>                 
>                 Dear CDT gurus,
>                 
>                 I just tried to get "All of Galileo M7" and noticed
>                 some missing from CDT: 
>                               * Mylyn CDT connector missing in Galileo
>                                 -- should be in "Collaboration"
>                                 category 
>                               * RemoteCDT Launcher missing in Galileo
>                                 -- should be in "Device Development"
>                                 category
>                 Or are these deliberately not in Galileo?
>                 
>                 Thanks,
>                 --
>                 Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff,
>                 Wind River
>                 Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
>                 http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
>                 
>                 
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