| Re: [egit-dev] Provide a target definition? |
Benjamin Muskalla <bmuskalla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I just read the new paragraph about the IDE configuration in the Contributor Guide. > > Regarding compatibility with 3.5: I think it would make sense to provide a target definition with the minimum requirements (SDK 3.5 + Orbit > dependencies). This way new contributors can easily setup their work environment and it helps the committers to let the compiler do the API checks. +1. And even more: Tycho can use such target platform definitions instead of the (remote) update site. Mattias Holmqvist wrote [1] about this in details. > Any thoughts? I'd be happy to provide the target definition. Please take a look at 'EGit UI Tests' section of the Contributor Guide. It mentions two changesets [2] and [3]. [1] http://mattiasholmqvist.se/2010/06/building-with-tycho-part-3-testing-code-coverage-and-easier-development-using-target-definitions/ [2] http://egit.eclipse.org/r/382 [3] http://egit.eclipse.org/r/383 -- MAN-UANIC