Re: [p2-dev] A typical use-case

[Igor Fedorenko <ifedorenko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I uploaded Java WebStart app to github, so you maybe able to launch it
directory from the browser (or run javaws from command line). See
project page from more info

https://github.com/ifedorenko/p2-browser

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Regards,
Igor

On 12-03-01 3:26 AM, Kopecz, Klaus wrote:
> I'm very interested to look into this repository analysis tool and would appreciate to get a binary trial. I know B3 Aggregator (and I like it), but I'm missing some search related features like "where used".
> Would be great if someone can point me to a similar tool for analyzing relations coded in feature.xml and plugin-manifests.
> Regards,
> Klaus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Igor Fedorenko
> Sent: Mittwoch, 29. Februar 2012 16:13
> To: p2-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [p2-dev] A typical use-case
>
> A shameless self-promotion :-) I have a tool that lets you browse p2
> repositories, see composite structures, IU dependency tree/list, etc. I
> can provide prebuilt binaries if anyone is interested (the sources are
> at github already).
>
> --
> Regards,
> Igor
>
> On 12-02-28 6:08 AM, Gunnar Wagenknecht wrote:
> > Am 27.02.2012 23:01, schrieb Thomas Hallgren:
> > > Another way to reduce the pain would be to introduce smarter
> > > protocols that would enable p2 queries to be sent and evaluated on a
> > > server rather than copying the "database" in its entirety to the client.
> >
> > I don't think that downloading the database is a bad idea. Once the
> > database is local, all future queries can happen local. There seems to
> > be an issue with too many database downloads, though. Sometimes p2 does
> > too many downloads for the same database. I whish the caching would be a
> > bit more agressive. Another option might be to ship software packages
> > pre-loaded with local databases.
> >
> > > The simple solution that is feasible short-term is to maintain separate repositories.
> >
> > I tend to agree. Even for my target platform definitions I tend to be
> > more specific and avoid composites. Luckily, I have shell access and can
> > browse the download servers to find the one I want. But other users just
> > get the 404/403 and will never find out if a repo is a composite or not.
> > I wonder if directory browsing should be enabled for download servers.
> >
> > -Gunnar
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