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Re: [tycho-user] RFC: Packaging type eclipse-repository should produce files with a specific file name extension instead of ".zip"
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> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 08:25, Oehm, Holger <holger.oehm@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > I just filed an enhancement request in bugzilla
> > ( https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=342705 ) to request
> > a different file name extension for the build result of the packaging
> > type eclipse-repository.
> >
> > A specific file name extension makes it easier to search for p2
> repositories
> > in the enterprise repository (nexus).
> >
> > Would you object to this change? (Please comment directly in
> bugzilla).
>
> I've never even understood what the use of having a zipped p2
> repository published to a Maven repository is. Do you have a separate
> Maven build that retrieves those pre-built repositories and copies
> them somewhere?
Yes, we do something quite similar: We have a nexus plug-in (we call
it the unzip plug-in) that can provide the contents of the zipped
archive as if it was extracted. This allows as to use the repository
directly in a target platform for other reactors.
