Thanks, Donald & Kevan! BTW, could you help to review the RC for GEP 2.1.6 and 3.0M1?
2010/7/10 Donald Woods <[email protected]> > +1 Sounds like needed updates. > > > -Donald > > > On 7/9/10 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? > > > > -- > > Best Regards, > > > > Delos > -- Best Regards, Delos
