[cdt-test-dev] Re: Fw: [Bug 39932] Updates not sorted numerically

["Douglas Schaefer" <dschaefe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I finally read the help and the fourth element is a string by design. 
 Funny, though, one of the examples they give is a build number.  At any 
rate, now that we know the restriction, we can work around it.

The update manager doesn't clean up old file so that you can go back to 
previous versions.  If you need to clean up, you need to do it the old 
fashion way, by going into the plugins and features directories and 
cleaning them up manually.

Cheers,
Doug Schaefer, Senior Software Developer
IBM Rational Software, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada



Brent Nicolle/Ottawa/IBM 
08/05/2003 06:25 PM

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Hey Doug - 

The defect I filed against the Update Manager got rejected on the grounds 
that the fourth element in "1.2.0.x" isn't supposed to be a build number, 
more like "ALPHA", or "RC1", etc.  (The third element is a number, but 
probably isn't supposed to be a build number either.)

I've also noticed that using the update manager doesn't ever clean up the 
old files.  The application directories can start to get bloated.

Despite these issues, it's still pretty convenient.  The Update Manager 
may not be the most appropriate way to distribute new builds.  Testers 
should be aware of the limitations and proceed with caution.

- Brent


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08/05/2003 11:33 AM
 
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        Subject:        [Bug 39932] Updates not sorted numerically


https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=39932

dj_houghton@xxxxxxxxxx changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID



------- Additional Comments From dj_houghton@xxxxxxxxxx  2003-08-05 11:33 
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The 4th part of the plug-in version identifier is the qualifier and it is 
a 
string (the first 3 parts are integers). 

From the API javadoc: "The qualifier is not interpreted, other than in 
version 
comparisons. The qualifiers are compared using lexicographical string 
comparison."

See the javadoc for org.eclipse.core.runtime.PluginVersionIdentifier for 
more 
information.



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