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Posted to dev@geronimo.apache.org by Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl> on 2008/04/02 22:36:11 UTC
eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Hi,
Just noticed that all Eclipse plugins I've recently worked with had
their deployable zip files with eclipse as the top-level directory. I
think we should change how GEP is assembled with eclipse as its
top-level directory. What do you think?
Jacek
--
Jacek Laskowski
http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Shiva Kumar H R <sh...@gmail.com>.
I too agree. Would be consistent across other plug-ins.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed that all Eclipse plugins I've recently worked with had
> their deployable zip files with eclipse as the top-level directory. I
> think we should change how GEP is assembled with eclipse as its
> top-level directory. What do you think?
>
> Jacek
>
> --
> Jacek Laskowski
> http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl
>
--
Thanks,
Shiva
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Tim McConnell <ti...@gmail.com>.
Yes, I use this function as well and it simplifies management of my various
Eclipse plugins much simpler.....
Jacek Laskowski wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It is also nice to have just plugins and features rather than
>> eclipse\plugins and eclipse\features when you have different versions of
>> eclipse and change the directory to eclipse3.2 eclipse3.3 eclipse7.1 etc.
>
> The real solution to the issue is to use Eclipse's extension locations
> so you define a link file in links directory (beneath the Eclipse home
> directory) where you point out the directory with plugins to be
> included, i.e.
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ ls -l links/
> total 9
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 44 Feb 11 08:49 GEF.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 35 Mar 27 13:54 ajdt.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 45 Feb 11 08:53 dtp.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 54 Feb 11 08:49 emf-sdo-xsd.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 54 Mar 31 10:50 geronimo-eclipse-plugin.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 40 Feb 14 04:20 m2eclipse.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 53 Feb 23 23:32 openejb-eclipse-plugin.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 43 Feb 14 09:01 wicket-bench.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 42 Feb 14 09:01 wtp.link
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ cat links/geronimo-eclipse-plugin.link
> path=C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ ls -l C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin
> total 0
> drwx------+ 4 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 10:17 eclipse
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ ls -l C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin/eclipse
> total 24
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 19125 Oct 29 14:06 LICENSE
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 3298 Oct 29 14:06 NOTICE
> drwx------+ 8 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 09:06 features
> drwx------+ 2 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 09:06 plugins
>
> No matter how hard you'd try updates are always very painful, but
> Extension Locations feature of Eclipse made it a breeze.
>
> Jacek
>
--
Thanks,
Tim McConnell
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com>.
Jacek Laskowski wrote:
> The real solution to the issue is to use Eclipse's extension locations
> so you define a link file in links directory (beneath the Eclipse home
> directory) where you point out the directory with plugins to be
> included, i.e.
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ ls -l links/
> total 9
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 44 Feb 11 08:49 GEF.link
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ cat links/geronimo-eclipse-plugin.link
> path=C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin
>
Thanks Jacek! A very useful solution.
--
Thanks, Dan Becker
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl>.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Tim McConnell <ti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> FYI, a good article on the subject that I used to learn about Eclipse
> links.....
...is here - Zarządzanie wtyczkami w Eclipse - Extension Location [1].
Sorry it's in Polish, though so learn Polish or find another article
in your mother language ;-) Hint: Eclipse extension locations in
Google.
[1] http://www.jaceklaskowski.pl/wiki/Zarz%C4%85dzanie_wtyczkami_w_Eclipse_-_Extension_Location
Jacek
--
Jacek Laskowski
http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Tim McConnell <ti...@gmail.com>.
FYI, a good article on the subject that I used to learn about Eclipse links.....
Jacek Laskowski wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It is also nice to have just plugins and features rather than
>> eclipse\plugins and eclipse\features when you have different versions of
>> eclipse and change the directory to eclipse3.2 eclipse3.3 eclipse7.1 etc.
>
> The real solution to the issue is to use Eclipse's extension locations
> so you define a link file in links directory (beneath the Eclipse home
> directory) where you point out the directory with plugins to be
> included, i.e.
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ ls -l links/
> total 9
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 44 Feb 11 08:49 GEF.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 35 Mar 27 13:54 ajdt.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 45 Feb 11 08:53 dtp.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 54 Feb 11 08:49 emf-sdo-xsd.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 54 Mar 31 10:50 geronimo-eclipse-plugin.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 40 Feb 14 04:20 m2eclipse.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 53 Feb 23 23:32 openejb-eclipse-plugin.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 43 Feb 14 09:01 wicket-bench.link
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 42 Feb 14 09:01 wtp.link
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ cat links/geronimo-eclipse-plugin.link
> path=C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ ls -l C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin
> total 0
> drwx------+ 4 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 10:17 eclipse
>
> jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
> $ ls -l C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin/eclipse
> total 24
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 19125 Oct 29 14:06 LICENSE
> -rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 3298 Oct 29 14:06 NOTICE
> drwx------+ 8 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 09:06 features
> drwx------+ 2 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 09:06 plugins
>
> No matter how hard you'd try updates are always very painful, but
> Extension Locations feature of Eclipse made it a breeze.
>
> Jacek
>
--
Thanks,
Tim McConnell
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl>.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is also nice to have just plugins and features rather than
> eclipse\plugins and eclipse\features when you have different versions of
> eclipse and change the directory to eclipse3.2 eclipse3.3 eclipse7.1 etc.
The real solution to the issue is to use Eclipse's extension locations
so you define a link file in links directory (beneath the Eclipse home
directory) where you point out the directory with plugins to be
included, i.e.
jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
$ ls -l links/
total 9
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 44 Feb 11 08:49 GEF.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 35 Mar 27 13:54 ajdt.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 45 Feb 11 08:53 dtp.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 54 Feb 11 08:49 emf-sdo-xsd.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 54 Mar 31 10:50 geronimo-eclipse-plugin.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 40 Feb 14 04:20 m2eclipse.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 53 Feb 23 23:32 openejb-eclipse-plugin.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 43 Feb 14 09:01 wicket-bench.link
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 42 Feb 14 09:01 wtp.link
jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
$ cat links/geronimo-eclipse-plugin.link
path=C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin
jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
$ ls -l C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin
total 0
drwx------+ 4 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 10:17 eclipse
jlaskowski@work /cygdrive/c/apps/eclipse
$ ls -l C:/apps/eclipse-plugins/geronimo-eclipse-plugin/eclipse
total 24
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 19125 Oct 29 14:06 LICENSE
-rwx------+ 1 jlaskowski None 3298 Oct 29 14:06 NOTICE
drwx------+ 8 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 09:06 features
drwx------+ 2 jlaskowski None 0 Mar 31 09:06 plugins
No matter how hard you'd try updates are always very painful, but
Extension Locations feature of Eclipse made it a breeze.
Jacek
--
Jacek Laskowski
http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Dan Becker <da...@gmail.com>.
Jacek Laskowski wrote:
> Just noticed that all Eclipse plugins I've recently worked with had
> their deployable zip files with eclipse as the top-level directory. I
> think we should change how GEP is assembled with eclipse as its
> top-level directory. What do you think?
It is also nice to have just plugins and features rather than
eclipse\plugins and eclipse\features when you have different versions of
eclipse and change the directory to eclipse3.2 eclipse3.3 eclipse7.1 etc.
--
Thanks, Dan Becker
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Jacek Laskowski <ja...@laskowski.net.pl>.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:34 AM, Tim McConnell <ti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jacek, just to be certain I fully understand what you're asking. Are you
> suggesting that when the deployable.zip (or updatesite.zip) is unzipped it
> would create this directory structure ??
>
> \eclipse\features
> \eclipse\plugins
>
> instead of:
>
> \features
> \plugins
Yes, that's exactly that.
Jacek
--
Jacek Laskowski
http://www.JacekLaskowski.pl
Re: eclipse as a top-level directory in GEP zip file?
Posted by Tim McConnell <ti...@gmail.com>.
Hi Jacek, just to be certain I fully understand what you're asking. Are you
suggesting that when the deployable.zip (or updatesite.zip) is unzipped it would
create this directory structure ??
\eclipse\features
\eclipse\plugins
instead of:
\features
\plugins
If so, I agree and it's a very simple change that we can incorporate into the
upcoming GEP 2.1.0. Plus, I suspect this might even be a "best-practice" for
Eclipse plugins -- not really sure.
Jacek Laskowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed that all Eclipse plugins I've recently worked with had
> their deployable zip files with eclipse as the top-level directory. I
> think we should change how GEP is assembled with eclipse as its
> top-level directory. What do you think?
>
> Jacek
>
--
Thanks,
Tim McConnell