[Fwd: Re: P2 authoring reaches first milestone]
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Hi Henrik,
We want to use p2 with a more user-friendly interface, for our
development teams. The aim is to build some eclipse specific
configurations, one per project. Thus, each developer working on a
project has exactly the same configuration as his team members, and can
only update the IUs allowed by the configuration manager.
Of course, the cherry on the cake would be to also be able to easily
deal with the target platform under p2 control. Indeed, for "web
projects", only the development environment is really useful, and target
platform doesn't make sense. But, for complex Eclipse developments, we
want to constrain both the development environment ("use Ecore Tools
v.X", "use checkstyle Y", ...) _and_ the target platform.
As we want to create a user friendly IU editor, we're currently having a
look at the work done by Henrik to see how to use it, how to add the
features we need, and how to improve and simplify the user interface.
Here are some points we have thought about :
* the Overview tab miss some properties, like a checkbox "Group",
that could be checked by default. Furthermore, the "name" field
doesn't seem to allow spaces? (see later for our Databinding
comments).
It's also probably necessary to add a tab allowing to edit every
"non-standard" property of the IUs (every property whose name is
not something like "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.*" ...?)
* in Required Capabilities, we think it might be useful to have a
wizard behind the "Add" action, to allow browsing for existing
capabilities.
o Step 1) User can chose the source : IUs installed in the
running profile, or IUs available into the referenced
repositories
o Step 2) User can then select some capabilities provided by
these IUs (if he doesn't want the whole pack)
o Step 3) User can enter differents options : a range (a
"standard range" can be generated by default, in order not
to have a strong dependency like
"3.0.0.v200806092130-7C78ELSE8VrRVor6q2hez07sOLY" or
something 
), os/ws/arch/nl filter, greedy flag (default
to checked), multiple, optional.
o On "finish", the list of choosen items are added to required
capabilities.
* A similar wizard could also help to add Artifacts.
* In the same way, a wizard may help to fill Provided Capabilities,
making a list of capabilities that the IU is able to provide.
* We think it would also be great to allow to easily export the
edited IU into a new or existing repo., and, maybe, to directly
propose a repository editor.
I had a look at the code base of the IU editor and I noticed that you're
currently using your own implementation of Databinding (with Mutators,
etc.). Was something missing in the Eclipse Databinding framework
(http://wiki.eclipse.org/JFace_Data_Binding/Original_Design) ? I
especially think this is great to deal with Forms because the
MessageManager can directly be bound to the "validation context" of the
binding, and things like conversions, validations, etc. are much more
natural using the "declarative" approach of this framework.
Besides, some refactoring is certainly needed to be able to implement
the features described above, and we would be very pleased to work hand
in hand with you to make the editor better.
Henrik, what is your current status on this project?
Have you done some improvements that are not committed in the
buckminster SVN?
Regards,
Anaik Trihoreau
Anyware Technologies <http://www.anyware-tech.com>
*Anaïk Trihoreau*
Eclipse developer
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Benjamin CABÉ a écrit :
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> Sujet:
> [equinox-dev] P2 authoring reaches first milestone
> Expéditeur:
> Henrik Lindberg <henrik.lindberg@...>
> Date:
> Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:33:45 +0200
> Destinataire:
> Equinox development mailing list <equinox-dev@...>
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> Destinataire:
> Equinox development mailing list <equinox-dev@...>
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> Hi,
> I have now reached a first milestone in P2 IU authoring. This wikipage
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Metadata_Authoring has screenshots
> of the editor. There are also instructions (at the top), where to find
> the editor and how run it.
>
> To summarize:
> - IU files can be created and edited
> - Support for undo/redo and interactive error messages
>
> I have some questions regarding certain fields, and what makes sense
> from an editing perspective. Some of those questions are on the wiki
> page. Feel free to add comments or ideas to the wiki page.
> What remains to be supported:
> - creation of fragment
> - creation of patch
> - lookup in repositories.
> - "build/test" stuff
>
> Looking forward to receiving comments.
>
> best regards
>
> Henrik Lindberg
> henrik.lindberg@...
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Tel : +33(0)5 61 00 52 90
Fax : +33(0)5 61 00 51 46
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