On Jul 9, 2010, at 4:37 AM, Delos wrote: > As part of GEP, maven-eclipsepde-plugin helps to convert eclipse plugins to > maven dependencies and add them into artifact dependency list. So without it, > GEP can't be compiled successfully. The plugin is in version 1.0. But now, > some new requirements come out that the plugin didn't take into account > before. I'm afraid we have to update the plugin to accommodate new > requirements. > > 1) Eclipse on Mac > There are two edition of eclipse on Mac, carbon and cocoa. From Eclipse 3.6, > only cocoa is supported. But maven-eclipsepde-plugin can only recognize > carbon eclipse on Mac, so we have to fix it to make GEP build successfully on > Mac. You may see details in > > 2)Optional bundles > There are some optional required bundles in MANIFEST.MF for some extended > functions, such as TPTP and Free Aires Tools. They're not mandatory for GEP > and actually GEP don't need these bundles in build process. They're marked as > "optional" because user may get these extra plugins by themselves for some > advanced functions. So these optional bundles shouldn't block the build > process of GEP. Unfortunately, current maven-eclipsepde-plugin does block GEP > build process because of these optional bundles. > > Because of these new requirements, I suggest we release an updated > maven-eclipsepde-plugin with version 1.1. Any objection?
No objections from me. Sounds like a good plan. Thanks Delos! --kevan
