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[mylyn-dev] Re: Update-Site, builds with new feature name?
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Hi Mik,
On 06/14/07 18:10, Mik Kersten wrote:
> Jörg Thönnes wrote:
> ...
>> Is the Mylar plugin still upgradable to Mylyn, or does it mean a
>> re-install?
>>
>> IMHO, the procedure:
>>
>> * Export Tasks
>> * Uninstall Mylar
>> * Install Mylyn
>> * Import Tasks
>>
>> should also work. It is not as smooth, but the rename is not happening
>> every day, though.
>
> I don't think that it is smooth enough for the average use because of
> how hard it is to uninstall things in Eclipse (especially 3.2). Also,
> many users have numerous versions of org.eclipse.mylar plug-ins
> installed since they have been using "Search for updates". And the
> bottom line is that we dread thinking of the tens of thousands of users
> having to waste time on taking up to an hour for going through those
> steps when what we're trying to do is save people time ;)
I really do appreciate this kind of social thinking: You will save the mankind about 10.000 hours of
time.
Thanks, I am looking forward to try this.
> So thanks to some OSGi version trickery, when you update to Mylyn, the
> old plug-ins will automagically stop working and users should have no
> additional update steps.
>
> 192308: disable previous Mylar installs when updating to Mylyn
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=192308
Cheers, Jörg
