Re: Updates problem

From: Ulrich Köster (ulric..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2006 - 02:24:40 EDT

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    I can't find anything about it in the documentation. We have to try it.

    Uli
    Am 02.10.2006 um 17:25 schrieb Pierre Frisch:

    > Hi Uli,
    >
    > Thank you I think this will work better. I just have another
    > question when you let the automatic update run how does it know
    > which site to check? When you run it manually you can select the
    > one you want and it does now appears correctly labeled, but how
    > does the automatic update know what site to use. If I install the
    > stable version is eclipse going to suggest updates from the nightly
    > site? How does that work? I have poked around and I don't think
    > eclipse keep tracks of where the plug-ins come from only where the
    > update site are in the feature so I don't see how this can work.
    >
    > Pierre
    >
    > On 2-Oct-06, at 6:28 AM, Ulrich Köster wrote:
    >
    >> Moin Pierre,
    >> Moin Pierre,
    >>
    >> thank you for the hint. Just changed all feature.xml.
    >>
    >> <url> - optional URL specifying site(s) contain feature updates,
    >> or new features
    >> <update> - URL to go to for updates to this feature
    >> url - actual URL
    >> label - displayable label (name) for the referenced site
    >> <discovery> - URL to go to for new features. In general, a
    >> provider can use this element to reference its own site(s), or site
    >> (s) of partners that offer complementary features. Eclipse uses
    >> this element simply as a way to distribute new site URLs to the
    >> clients. Sites that belong to root features (at the top of the
    >> hierarchy) typically appear in "Sites to Visit" in Update Manager.
    >> url - actual URL
    >> label - displayable label (name) for the referenced site
    >> type (new in 2.1) - by default, discovery sites are assumed to be
    >> update sites ("update"). By setting the value of this attribute to
    >> "web", it is possible to indicate to Eclipse that the URL should
    >> be treated as a regular Web hyperlink that can be directly
    >> displayed in a suitable browser.
    >>
    >> The discovery label is defined in the base.xml. It not possible to
    >> install one of the features without installing the base feature.
    >> From the base feature.xml
    >> <url>
    >> <url label="WOLips nightly" url="http://www.mdimension.com/
    >> ~wolips/update/"/>
    >> <url label="WOLips" url="http://www.mdimension.com/~wolips/
    >> stable/"/>
    >> <discovery label="WOLips nightly" url="http://
    >> www.mdimension.com/~wolips/update/"/>
    >> <discovery label="WOLips" url="http://www.mdimension.com/
    >> ~wolips/stable/"/>
    >> </url>
    >> All other feature.xml
    >> <url>
    >> <url label="WOLips nightly" url="http://www.mdimension.com/
    >> ~wolips/update/"/>
    >> <url label="WOLips" url="http://www.mdimension.com/~wolips/
    >> stable/"/>
    >> </url>
    >>
    >> When you update to 2.0.0.3047 and we release another update it
    >> should be visible when searching for updates.
    >>
    >> Uli
    >>
    >> Am 02.10.2006 um 01:26 schrieb Pierre Frisch:
    >>
    >>> With all due respect I think these four lines need to go in every
    >>> feature.xml file i.e. in each of the 7 features. I have checked
    >>> around I am quite positive.
    >>>
    >>> Pierre
    >>>
    >>> On 30-Sep-06, at 11:15 PM, Ulrich Köster wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> I'll take a look at it.
    >>>>
    >>>> Uli
    >>>> Am 01.10.2006 um 02:40 schrieb Pierre Frisch:
    >>>>
    >>>>> There is definitively something wrong I did a clean install of
    >>>>> eclipse 3.2.1 with the latest WOLips and I get something very
    >>>>> strange on the update panel, note the 3 WOLips The first one
    >>>>> is the one I created and it is editable the next two probably
    >>>>> come from the feature definition and cannot be modified. May be
    >>>>> one of them is pointing to the wrong site?
    >>>>>
    >>>>> I have dug a bit in the feature.xml and I think we are missing
    >>>>> the <update > tag in our plug-ins. From what I have seen all
    >>>>> our feature.xml file should include:
    >>>>>
    >>>>> <url>
    >>>>> <update label="WOLips update site" url="http://
    >>>>> www.mdimension.com/~wolips/update/"/>
    >>>>> <discovery label="WOLips update site" url="http://
    >>>>> www.mdimension.com/~wolips/update/"/>
    >>>>> </url>
    >>>>>
    >>>>> This is the way "WOLips Goodies Mac" is configured and it is
    >>>>> the only one working properly. I have manually updated the
    >>>>> files on my installation and I will report the next time there
    >>>>> is an update.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> We should also switch the update and stable depending on what
    >>>>> version we are distributing i.e. the stable version should
    >>>>> refer to the stable url and the nightly version to the update url.
    >>>>>
    >>>>> Pierre
    >>>>>
    >>>>> <Picture 1.png>
    >>>>>
    >>>>> On 30-Sep-06, at 2:49 PM, Pierre Frisch wrote:
    >>>>>
    >>>>>> I always use update. I am reinstalling everything from scratch
    >>>>>> to be sure it is not my installation.
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> Pierre
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>> On 30-Sep-06, at 10:44 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>> Are you updating off of "stable" or "update"? I think I
    >>>>>>> should probably move "stable" to the latest version number.
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> ms
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Pierre Frisch wrote:
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> There is something weird going on. The update feature does
    >>>>>>>> not update properly anymore. The update only updates "WOLips
    >>>>>>>> Goodies Mac" and not the other module. If you do a find new
    >>>>>>>> features however all modules update i.e. all 7 elements of
    >>>>>>>> wolips are at the same revision level.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> Does anyone has any idea what is going on?
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> Thanks
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>> Pierre
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>
    >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
    >>
    >> Ulrich Köster
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