Re: [eclipse.org-planning-council] Indigo Exception Request for RTP (tec

[Mik Kersten <mik@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: eclipse.org-planning-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:eclipse.org-
> planning-council-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Aniszczyk
> Sent: March-01-11 9:56 AM
> To: eclipse.org-planning-council
> Subject: Re: [eclipse.org-planning-council] Indigo Exception Request for
> RTP
> (technology.packaging.rtp)
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Thomas Watson <tjwatson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > So is RTP a true EPP?  I'm not sure we can pull this off with the
> > current
> > must-dos outlined at
> > http://eclipse.org/indigo/planning/EclipseSimultaneousRelease.php
> >
> > My understanding is that in order to be part of an EPP you must
> > contribute
> > the content to the common p2 repository for the release.
> >
> > On the technology PMC list
> > http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/technology-pmc/msg02980.html they
> > explicitly state:
> >
> > - We do not add components to the indigo repository. For Indigo we will
> > provide downloads only. That means that we will have one or two zip
> > files
> > ready for downloads. The zip files will contain the latest builds of the
> > related rt projects like Equinox, p2 or Jetty.
> > See, http://eclipse.org/rtp/downloads/. For future releases we plan to
> > add
> > components to the "Target components" category of the related release
> train
> > repository.
> >
> > So is RTP a true EPP or is it just providing "packages" for RT scenarios
> > that are similar to the existing EPPs available?  But they are not
> > actually
> > going to be built as part of the EPP process for Indigo?
>
> Holger responded to me personally, I'll share his response...
>
> "the RTP project is a subproject of EPP because it provides packages.
> But the way packages are built is different. So, the RT Packages are
> not true EPP packages. As you pointed out, they are just packaged RT
> scenarios."
>
> So to answer your question, they are just providing packages.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Chris Aniszczyk
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