The removal should be broadcast to the cross project list etc.  I just saw some 
posts there with someone claiming to be using the EclipseGenerator...  Like 
roaches, where there is one, there may be others.. ;-)

Jeff

On 2011-02-03, at 4:57 PM, Andrew Niefer wrote:

> There was a lot of work done in PDE/Build for 3.6 to move off the metadata 
> generator. 
> There is a kind of compatibility layer that re-implements the 
> metadata.generator's applications using the publisher.  I believe PDE/Build 
> was changed to use the publisher this way to support 3.4 style releng setups 
> that may still be around. 
> 
> In theory, the metadata.generator was transparently replaceable, but we never 
> fully pulled the trigger on the EclipseGenerator application. 
> 
> -Andrew 
> 
> 
> From: Ian Bull <[email protected]>
> To:   P2 developer discussions <[email protected]>
> Date: 02/03/2011 01:40 AM
> Subject:      Re: [p2-dev] Metadata generator
> Sent by:      [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> +1 
> 
> Just to be sure, it's not being used anywhere in the SDK is it? (PDE/Build 
> for example).   
> 
> cheers, 
> ian
> 
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Chris Aniszczyk <[email protected]> wrote: 
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Pascal Rapicault <[email protected]> wrote:
> > For now at least 2 releases we have been talking about removing the 
> > metadata generator.
> > I think the generator has been deprecated long enough that I think it is 
> > time to just delete it.
> > If there is no objection on this mailing list, I will do it later this week.
> 
> As someone who has dealt with people confused between which one to use, +1
> 
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