Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] [WARNING] SimRel Headed Off the Tracks

[Stephan Herrmann <stephan.herrmann@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 30.01.20 13:58, Ed Merks wrote:
> On 30.01.2020 11:53, Aleksandar Kurtakov wrote:
> > Well, focus on "what" is quite important as I still haven't seen anywhere 
> > written what exactly is needed for the "who" decides to take EPP. There won't 
> > be any "who" until "what" is clearly defined.
>
> That is indeed a good point.  :-)
>
> Markus didn't announce here despite being prompted, and while I'm sure he's 
> documented what exactly he does, even I don't know exactly what that is.  I 
> don't expect it's all that onerous.  In any case, in this thread you can see 
> that he's offered to walk someone through the steps:
>
>    https://www.eclipse.org/lists/epp-dev/msg05676.html

Looking from a distance I wonder:

* Is building "the packages" an effort X multiplied by the number of packages?

* What's the difference between downloading a package and installing the
  equivalent software via the installer?
  - After installation, are there any user-observable differences?
  - What is the effort of maintaining the corresponding Oomph setups?
  - What exactly would we loose if installer would be the only download option?

Stephan