Re: Updates problem

From: Mike Schrag (mschra..dimension.com)
Date: Fri Oct 06 2006 - 06:54:16 EDT

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    I just checked with a blank Eclipse and I see this as well ... When
    you point Update Manager to the current build server, it just says
    there are no features.

    On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:43 PM, Paul Yu wrote:

    > I did some more tests.
    >
    > Revision 3393, 3395, 3414, and 3431 all works.
    >
    > However, Revision 3437 does not work.
    >
    > Paul
    > On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:11 PM, Paul D. Yu wrote:
    >
    >> Greetings
    >>
    >> Something is broken in the repository.
    >>
    >> I checkout the HEAD (3431) 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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