Re: Updates problem

From: Paul D. Yu (py..ac.com)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2006 - 23:11:22 EDT

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    Greetings

    Something is broken in the repository.

    I checkout the HEAD on the trunk, built it, and eclipse would not
    recognize the site from update manager.

    I switch back to the 3393 revision, built it, and eclipse would
    recognize the site from update manager.

    Paul
    On Oct 4, 2006, at 2:24 AM, Ulrich Köster wrote:

    > 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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    >>
    >



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