thanks for that. On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 5:58 PM Colin Alworth <[email protected]> wrote:
> The marketplace entry is updated, and is using the 4.0.0 release at > plugins.gwtproject.org. There is a subdirectory that lists all deployed > versions, including a nightly build - each of these directories can be > added directly to eclipse as an update site: > https://plugins.gwtproject.org/eclipse/gwt-eclipse-plugin/. > > This deployment is managed presently by > https://github.com/Vertispan/gwtproject.org. > > On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 1:39:10 PM UTC-6 Jens wrote: > >> Seems fine to use the gwtproject.org domain for it. I slightly tend >> towards plugins.gwtproject.org/eclipse because it is slightly more >> descriptive and then we could also provide >> plugins.gwtproject.org/browser-extensions to publish the last working >> classic dev mode browser extensions for people having such an old setup. >> Currently they are all hosted on google.com domain (see: >> https://www.gwtproject.org/missing-plugin/) and might disappear at any >> time. >> >> As there was some trouble getting access to the marketplace maybe in the >> long run some mechanisms should be put into place to avoid that situation >> in the future. For example some online password manager with password >> sharing between trustworthy community members. I appreciate the commitment >> of Vertispan but there should be a backup plan in case something unexpected >> happens. >> >> -- J. >> >> Colin Alworth schrieb am Samstag, 28. Januar 2023 um 03:45:13 UTC+1: >> >>> The GWT Eclipse Plugin has become unmaintained, and over the last >>> several months several community members have stepped up to update it to >>> run on recent Eclipse versions, and support the new GWT groupId. >>> >>> As part of that process, we've created a new marketplace entry, and >>> while it is still pointed at the old 3.0 release, we're preparing a new >>> release, and hope to have it out within a week. >>> >>> https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/gwt-plugin/ >>> >>> In order to deploy a new version, we need to deploy the unpacked >>> repository somewhere - which rules out a maven repository. The footprint of >>> the unpacked workspace is fairly large, around 350mb, which would be too >>> big for github pages after three releases. We could still deploy releases >>> zips, but need somewhere else to put the unpacked content. >>> >>> There is probably another clever solution, but the straightforward >>> solution seems to be to add a subdomain on gwtproject.org and unpack >>> the content there - I propose eclipse.gwtproject.org. As we did for >>> www.gwtproject.org and samples.gwtproject.org, I've put an example of >>> this at eclipse.gwtproject.org.vertispan.com, and deployed a single >>> snapshot of the 4.0 plugin (note that as with many eclipse plugin repos, >>> this doesn't load correctly in a browser): >>> https://eclipse.gwtproject.org.vertispan.com/2023-01-18/ >>> >>> If there are no objections, once we've finished the 4.0 plugin and are >>> ready for a release, I'll formally set up *eclipse.gwtproject.org >>> <http://eclipse.gwtproject.org>*. For the moment I anticipate only a >>> plugins/ directory, with each versioned release (and maybe a nightly build >>> setup too), to allow for additional content later. >>> >>> Using the gwtproject.org domain name seems natural as a large number of >>> GWT developers use Eclipse and this plugin, and the documentation at >>> gwtproject.org has long since offered Eclipse instructions, with little >>> space given to IntelliJ or Maven/Gradle. I'd further propose we should >>> improve that situation, but that's a separate discussion. Vertispan intends >>> to host this new plugin content, and we are already hosting the >>> gwtproject.org domain content. >>> >>> If there are reservations about gwtproject.org also hosting the eclipse >>> plugin, we can set up an alternate domain name for this work, though at >>> least for the time being, Vertspan will be hosting these together. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GWT Contributors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/5a849455-6192-48aa-8c4d-cb724ebc120bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/5a849455-6192-48aa-8c4d-cb724ebc120bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Vassilis Virvilis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-web-toolkit-contributors/CAKbOjExW7vjP7zGXOx4Ak%2BnsBtAuTbw50Xj61urZDKzqkYvcow%40mail.gmail.com.
