Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Perhaps a silly question... Perhaps a bug

[Eric Gwin <eric.gwin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks

John Arthorne wrote:
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=259537
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> *Eric Gwin <eric.gwin@xxxxxxxxxx>*
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> 	[cross-project-issues-dev] Perhaps a silly question... Perhaps a bug. 
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> Hi,
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> Can anyone tell me why I have to download emf and other features when
> all I want to do is uninstall 1 isolated feature that I installed
> independently of the primary Galileo install?
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> It seems like update is setup so it HAS to install the latest features
> before it will do anything (or at least download a catalog or
> something). I don't know about everyone else, but to me this is a bug. I
> really dislike software deciding I mean C, when I ask it to do A.
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> Using RC1, JEE bundle. Installed EclipseLink JPA, now trying to
> uninstall EclipseLink JPA (to avoid a full update to RC2 when I install
> JPA again).
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> It appears that several things are occurring that are a) non-intuitive
> and b) undesirable
> 1) to uninstall locally installed software I must have an internet
> connection.
> 2) doing anything with update seems to force an update to the latest
> features (even if it throws it away afterward this is undesirable).
> 3) I am not asked if I want to download these files.
> 4) I am not prompted, to access the net (uninstalling something locally
> should not kill my network bandwidth).
> 5) I am not informed what it is doing, and why (at least not as
> explicitly as I'd like).
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> While writing this it did complete, and asked to restart. After
> restarting, I find that I have been updated from JPA
> 1.1.2.v20090526-r4309 to JPA 1.1.2.v20090601-r4378 (RC3 candidate).
> ie. I was not allowed to uninstall at all, rather it updated me. Not
> what I was expecting, or asked for.
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> -Eric
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