I do only need the "runtime" plugin (nothing else) since I am developing plugins that only use uima-core. Other tools are just overhead for me. Even saying that, I prefer to have (I don't know how difficult to do that): - runtime plug-in - tools plugins without "runtime" plugin (that will require the above runtime plugin)
Tong On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Richard Eckart de Castilho < [email protected]> wrote: > I always tended to think that the tools probably have to include another > copy of the runtime since UIMA does not play too nicely with OSGi. I never > quite understood why I would want to install a "runtime" when I could > actually run any AE from within Eclipse - mind that was before there was > the launcher plugin (which I still have to try out). > > -- Richard > > Am 05.12.2011 um 20:27 schrieb Marshall Schor: > > > Well, my intent is to reduce confusion :-) So, I'm willing to change > this. > > > > Can we hear from others re: what they feel is the least confusing way to > label > > these? > > > > -Marshall > > > > On 12/5/2011 2:15 PM, Jörn Kottmann wrote: > >> On 12/5/11 4:30 PM, Marshall Schor wrote: > >>> The reason it is named with (includes Runtime) is to create an > expectation that > >>> the user just has to check this box. If we left off this phrase, > users would > >>> likely wonder if they had to also check the Runtime. > >>> > >>> However, as you've noticed, it "just works" - whether or not the user > checks > >>> UIMA Runtime, so in some sense, it doesn't really matter - other than > to reduce > >>> some potential uncertainty in some users. I guess I'd like to keep it > as it is, > >>> for that reason. > >> > >> This is not an eclipse convention and I wonder if this really reduces > >> uncertainty. > >> > >> I went to this site with the intention to install both the Runtime and > Tools > >> plugins, now it made > >> me wonder for a moment if the Tools in some way include a different > Runtime > >> than the one above. > >> > >> I then tried both and the dependencies on the next page made it clear > to me > >> that it simply > >> means that Tools has a dependency on Runtime which is automatically > resolved > >> for me, > >> since that is just expected behavior such a note can also be confusing. > >> > >> Jörn > >> > > Richard Eckart de Castilho > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Richard Eckart de Castilho > Technical Lead > Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab > FB 20 Computer Science Department > Technische Universität Darmstadt > Hochschulstr. 10, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany > phone [+49] (0)6151 16-7477, fax -5455, room S2/02/B117 > [email protected] > www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de > Web Research at TU Darmstadt (WeRC) www.werc.tu-darmstadt.de > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >
