>I
think this may be a "marketing issue" (which I seldom have opinions
about :)
> but, I'd
think if EPP doesn't have it, the Platform project should not "feature it
prominently".
> That'd
just set a different expectations, and dilute the meaning of "simultaneous
release".
Lets
call this a community issue, not marketing J. My vote would be
that we have a consistent approach across all packages and the SDK. I
think there would be less of chance for causing confusion.
We
discussed this on the EPP call this week. One option was that for
Ganymede we leave the default to be download the zip file for the packages and
SDK. For the Fall maintenance release, we convert everything over to the
p2 installer. This would give the installer more time to work out any
issues.
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From:
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Kevin McGuire <Kevin_McGuire@xxxxxxxxxx>
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To:
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"General development mailing list of the Eclipse
project." <eclipse-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date:
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04/18/2008 10:08 AM
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Subject:
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Re: [eclipse-dev] Eclipse 3.4 shape
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First of all, I want to express my enthusiasm that we finally have a proper
installer. Its just such the right answer, we really should encourage its
use. Plus, as always, we need to exercise the code in real usage to work
out the bugs and gain confidence. So +1 for it being prominent on the
download page. If the current stability is sufficient (is it?), we should
make it the default way of getting your SDK (with the zip available as a legacy
path).
Clearly though the work is still relatively new, and I'm concerned about the
remaining runway for EPP. It'd be great to see some EPP exploration right
now, but I suspect we're too late for "production use" for them for
3.4; I don't believe they have a ton of manpower and they likely need a few
milestones for adoption. I don't view inconsistency a major problem: the
EPP packages are like products, and often a product may decide to delay
adoption of a new technology for a release. But what do you EPP folks
think?
Summary:
+1 to installer for SDK prominent on download page
-1 recommned for EPP adoption in 3.4 (but its up to the EPP folks)
Kevin
