[cross-project-issues-dev] Where oh Where is that p2 Update Site?

[Ed Merks <ed.merks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I wanted to make folks aware of a useful, well-hidden feature of 
Oomph.   We've been indexing all the p2 update sites at 
download.eclipse.org to make it easier to find the one you need. Rather 
than describing it in a note, I've documented it in the wiki.

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Oomph_Authoring#How_to_find_a_P2_repository_at_Eclipse_using_the_Repository_Explorer

I hope you find this useful.

Another notable, and well hidden, feature is the fact that in RC1 Oomph 
provides improved p2 mirror utilization.  You should notice that the 
installer is significantly faster (at downloading artifacts) because it 
better measures the performance of each mirror to select the fastest, 
and it uses more threads to exploit them.  By default 10 in the 
installer and in the installer-created applications. You can influence 
this with -Declipse.p2.max.threads=<> in the installer's ini or your 
installation's ini; the installer's property value will propagate to the 
installations it creates.

Even more well hidden is that fact that installations created based on a 
bundle pool (the default), now support roaming, i.e., you can move the 
installation folder on disk after its been installed.  And finally, as 
of RC2, read-only, pool-based installations are supported.  Probably 
most of  you won't use these last two capabilities, but your user base 
well might.

Cheers,
Ed