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[p2-dev] Preserving update path for feature that is moved/refactored
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Hello,
I posted to the p2-dev forum and didn't see any response so I thought I
would try here as well.
I am in the midst of moving a feature and its plug-ins (Autotools) from
the Linux Tools project into the CDT. I have looked into supporting old
projects created with the old pre-refactored plug-ins and it is
feasible. Supporting old projects would be desirable since there can be
a number of configurations associated with the project and currently
converting the project over destroys this data.
What I am thinking of doing is to create a shell Autotools feature that
requires the new CDT version of the plug-ins. When a user tries to
update via the Linux Tools update site, they will end up requiring the
new version of CDT that contains the Autotools functionality. I need to
create a shell plug-in as well that specifies the previous builder id
and ties this to the new CDT class as the builder extension
automatically adds in the plug-in portion of the id.
Conceivably I could include the shell feature and plug-in both in CDT
itself and with Linux Tools so that there would be no way of ending up
with both old and new versions present at the same time (duplicate UI
widgets such as menus).
Is there a better p2 way of doing this to ensure updating works properly?
Regards,
-- Jeff J.