Re: [eclipse-dev] Eclipse 3.4 shape

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to give some context: the installer
works by pulling down contents from a p2 repository (essentially an update
site plus some extra p2 metadata). A problem we have had with maintaining
the installer for I-builds is maintaining a stable repository. I.e., once
in awhile the repository is cleared out when it gets too big, and sometimes
when a build fails it is left in a bad state. This currently means you
often can't get an old I-build using the installer. Also, this repository
doesn't currently have public mirrors. I think the only consequence of
making the installer more prominent is ensuring this repository infrastructure
is in place... adequate mirroring, only pushing green builds to the stable
repository, archival of old builds, etc. For the final release this is
relatively easy: the repository will be the Ganymede update site which
will be stable and widely mirrored.

Pascal Rapicault/Ottawa/IBM@IBMCA
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Since 3.4 M6, the eclipse SDK can be obtained using a p2-based installer
(
http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.4
M6a-200804091425/eclipse-news-M6.html).

We need to decide if this is a delivery format that we want to promote
for
3.4 by making it more prominently available from our download page, but
we
also need to understand the consequences of such a choice on the greater
Eclipse community. The two questions that come to mind are:
      - Is the installer something that would be put on
the Eclipse main
download page (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/) in addition of the zip?
      - If we answer yes to the previous question, does
it mean that an
installer has to be provided for the other EPP packages, do we have time
for it or can we leave with an inconsistency there?

Thx for your feedback,

PaScaL

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