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Re: [p2-dev] FW: P2 Profile Questions
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Alessandro Mottadelli wrote:
Pascal Rapicault ha scritto:
>Maybe you could publish a p2 metadata spec ?
The externalized format of an IU (p2 metadata) is left unspecified on
purpose. The externalized format is the responsibility of the
metadata repository.
So, if I undertand well, this means that p2 metadata is a sort of
"private contract" of the metadata repository, and will never have e
published format. People will rely on p2 APIs to write/read matadata.
yes. We are allowing people write optimized repos that suit their
needs. Someone may choose to implement a repo and publish the format as
API but that is not currently our plan.
>Maybe the people could generate the metadata they need by themselves
if they feel that the standard tooling is not what they need?
This is what the p2 publisher allows.
Thanks! I was not aware of p2 publisher. I was trying to find my way
in p2 using eclipse 3.4.1. Apparently I should retarget my efforts to
3.5.
The Publisher is a rework of the 3.4 MetadataGenerator. The generator
in 3.4 may do what you need. I suggest you look and see. Otherwise, in
3.5 the Publisher is getting the attention and the MetadataGenerator is
being deprecated.
Jeff
