Very nice Ed! Can't wait to try them out. Jay
On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Ed Merks <ed.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to make folks aware of a useful, well-hidden feature of Oomph. > We've been indexing all the p2 update sites at download.eclipse.org to > make it easier to find the one you need. Rather than describing it in a > note, I've documented it in the wiki. > > > https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Oomph_Authoring#How_to_find_a_P2_repository_at_Eclipse_using_the_Repository_Explorer > > I hope you find this useful. > > Another notable, and well hidden, feature is the fact that in RC1 Oomph > provides improved p2 mirror utilization. You should notice that the > installer is significantly faster (at downloading artifacts) because it > better measures the performance of each mirror to select the fastest, and > it uses more threads to exploit them. By default 10 in the installer and > in the installer-created applications. You can influence this with > -Declipse.p2.max.threads=<> in the installer's ini or your installation's > ini; the installer's property value will propagate to the installations it > creates. > > Even more well hidden is that fact that installations created based on a > bundle pool (the default), now support roaming, i.e., you can move the > installation folder on disk after its been installed. And finally, as of > RC2, read-only, pool-based installations are supported. Probably most of > you won't use these last two capabilities, but your user base well might. > > Cheers, > Ed > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > -- Jay Jay Billings Oak Ridge National Laboratory Twitter Handle: @jayjaybillings
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