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Re: [cdt-dev] proposal: move references tab
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That sounds like a good idea to me. Users should be able to do both: manage references for a particular configuration via the current UI/workflow, and then one that lets you manage it at the workspace level (all projects).
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 2:44 PM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] proposal: move references tab
>
> I'd like to see project reference management more visible. One idea I've
> had the last few days working with project teams that are struggling to
> set up their builds is to create a dialog that could be launched from the
> Manage Configurations icon that lets you manage and visualize the
> references for all your projects at once.
>
> I need to understand the right visualization, maybe a tree on the right
> for each project/config and a tree on the left that shows the dependency
> for the selected config. But I found myself painfully bringing up the
> properties for each project a few times over to make sure I had the
> dependency tree set up correctly.
>
> I guess the point is that it is a dependency tree when you have more that
> two projects involved and that requires a new workflow to manage easily.
>
> (my 2c)
> Doug.
>
> On 12-06-26 3:02 PM, "Cortell John-RAT042" <RAT042@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Hm. I'm not seeing how that would work (with good usability). If you
> >have a more concrete idea, I'd like to hear it.
> >
> >I really don't like that there's two pages for roughly the same thing.
> >There's no doubt it's confusing. But as with Memory Browser and Memory
> >View, sometimes logistics and the hierarchical nature of Eclipse
> >projects makes duplicity difficult to avoid. Again, single-focus
> >commercial products can remove the platform page to at least solve the
> >problem for their users.
> >
> >John
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>[mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>On
> >> Behalf Of Eugene Ostroukhov
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 1:50 PM
> >> To: CDT General developers list.
> >> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] proposal: move references tab
> >>
> >> Could this functionality be split in two? CDT could use platform
> >>property page for establishing coarse-grained references (e.g. make
> >>all build configurations for given project depend on "Active" build
> >>configuration for the referenced project) and have another "Advanced"
> >> page for the users wishing to fine-tune project dependencies.
> >>
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