[jira] [Commented] (UIMA-2475) eclipse p2 update site instead of old-style update site

["Marshall Schor (JIRA)" <de...@uima.apache.org>]

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Marshall Schor commented on UIMA-2475:
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This seems like a reasonable request.  We would love for someone to offer a patch, or some simple step by step directions on what to do to accomplish this.
                
> eclipse p2 update site instead of old-style update site
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: UIMA-2475
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-2475
>             Project: UIMA
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Eclipse plugins
>            Reporter: Steven Bethard
>
> The UIMA Eclipse update site (www.apache.org/dist/uima/eclipse-update-site) is an Eclipse 3.3 (or older) update site. Since Eclipse 3.4, the recommended update site layout is p2:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Getting_Started_for_Releng#Why_should_I_make_changes_to_adopt_p2.3F
> I've been bitten by this update site issue because old-style update sites make it impossible to resolve build-time dependencies when building Eclipse plugins:
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=380438#c3
> Could the UIMA update site be modernized to the p2 layout?

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