Re: [platform-update-dev] Couple of Questions about Update...

[celek@xxxxxxxxxx]

Andrew,

1) Is there any way to point to a URL where the actual plugin JAR files
reside?  We've set up a little test update site, and it works great, but we
would really prefer to have the .jar files for the plugins hosted on the
download server.  Our site is hosted by SourceForge, and SourceForge uses
different servers for Web and. Download.  I would like to have site.xml on
the Web server, and possibly even the (very small) feature jars there, but
I want the actual plugin downloads to use the more bandwidth-appropriate
download servers.  This would be easy if I could just specify that the
plugin.jar is located at "htttp://whatever.url/plugin.jar".   If not, is
there a good reason?  Should I put a request in bugzilla?

<CE>You can use the archive tag
check teh syntax but it should look like <archive id="plugins/<plugin id>
_<ver>.jar" url="<sourceforge URL>"/>
</CE>

2) Is there a reason why update manager silently fails if your versions are
the same?  I realize that you should increment version numbers, but in this
case it's just minor development build differences, not real "releases".  I
<CE> then we disagree ;-) minor build development can use the fourth part
of the id </CE>

I think the UI should at least notify the user that you already have
aplugin
of the same version and provide choices.  I tried to do an update, when
version number of my existing plugin was 1.0.0, the update manager version
was also 1.0.0, but was actually was a slightly newer build.   I expected
something like "Your versions seem to match, overwrite the existing
version? Y/N?", but it just went along like it was installing the "newer
1.0.0", but it really didn't.  I still had the "old version".  Bugzilla?
<CE> sure, we'll see what the community says </CE>

3) Is there any exisitng plan to provide a "push" capability as a user
option?  e.g. on startup check some defined update site(s) and see if new
versions exist?  If not, this seems like a good community project for
someone.  Maybe me, but time is short these days :)  Bugzilla?
<CE> well, you can use bugzilla. There is nothing in plan. When we build
Update Manager we were looking at a mail notification which will contain a
URL, and we will fire Eclipse when launching teh URL. We should work on teh
last part though.
That is for internet notification.
For internal notification (within the same company) we wanted to work on
the configuration side. (i.e you log on and your configuration is loaded
from a server based on the ACL).
So the Administrator 'pushes' teh fixes but you have no choice but accept
them.

Thoughts ?
</CE>