The feature based launch can be used with just plug-ins, but it is designed for feature based workflows. There is interest in supporting mixed products, but no one is currently working on it, see bug 325614.
We have looked at having the launch configs write out the plug-in list on separate lines (bug 231099), we have been unable to go forward with the change because the launch config attribute is public API and changing the format of the attribute would be considered a breaking change.
Curtis
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Subject: Re: [pde-dev] Diffing launches/products
Thanks for the reply Curtis,
I agree features can help as aggregates of plugins, but at one point I
evaluated using a combination of both features and plugins for
launches/products and found frustratingly that I could only use one or
the other but not both, I'm not sure if this has since changed.
Also the two fundamental issues with diffing them currently is that
the list of plugins is held on a single long line which most diff
tools dont handle well, and the difference in formatting between
products and launches.
Thanks,
David
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Curtis Windatt
<Curtis_Windatt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> There are currently no plans to implement a new feature that does what you
> are suggesting. You can compare two launch files using diff inside of
> Eclipse (select the .launch files in project explorer, right click, compare
> to > each other). There is some work in bug 326059 to associate products
> more closely with a launch configuration.
>
> It feels like the actual process of creating a launch configuration should
> be improved and simplified before effort is made to make comparing the
> contents easier. If you use 3.6's feature based launching you can see how a
> better UI can make it much more obvious what the launch configuration will
> do.
>
> Curtis
>
>
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> Subject: [pde-dev] Diffing launches/products
>
> Hi All-
> I've found it very difficult to synchronize the plugins/launch
> levels/etc of stored launch configurations with corresponding
> products, or launches with other launches, particularly as the number
> of plugins you are launching heads into the high double digits or even
> triple digits. I've had to finally edit these files in vim and
> perform lets of text munging so I could diff them to determine
> differences and fix issues with broken launches. Is there any
> intention of improving this process going forward? I would love to
> see a UI that allows you to select two launch configs, two products,
> or one of both and right click "Compare to each other" so you can sort
> out what the exact differences are.
>
> Thanks!
> David
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