Hi Marshall,

2010/11/11 Marshall Schor <[email protected]>

> While preparing the 2.3.1 UIMA SDK release, I updated in my working copy
> the
> Eclipse Update site.  I even tested it - it worked OK with 3.6.1 Eclipse.
>
> Previously, we sometimes managed to release everything more or less
> together.
> At our last release (2.3.0) we made the Eclipse update site have a version
> which
> was 2.3.0.
>
> I think this model is broken, though.
>
> Going forward, it still makes sense to have the eclipse "feature" projects
> at
> particular versions which correspond to uima component releases.  So, for
> instance, we have the uima tools feature at 2.3.1, and the uima runtime
> feature
> at 2.3.1.  These feature projects bundle together (sometimes) as set of
> plugins
> at a particular release level.
>
> Later, when we release uima-as descriptor editor, that could be at 2.3.1,
> also.
> When that happens, the main update-site project (which builds the update
> site)
> will need a new version number.  So if it was 2.3.1, it would need to be
> 2.3.2
> or ??.  This seems wrong.
>
> I think we should assign version numbers to the update site (which will
> have a
> new release anytime any of the features its holding get released) that are
> more
> like build tools.  I would start at "3", and just increment this by 1 for
> each
> release.
>

+1 very good point, I think your suggestion is good.
Tommaso


>
> The version of the update site doesn't show in Eclipse - what shows there
> is the
> versions of the features at the update site.
>
> What do others think?
>
> -Marshall
>

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