I don't mind if you want to keep the conversation here. But you chose not to, it would be great if you could keep this ML posted of the progress / new functionalities added. Thx.
On 2011-06-04, at 10:16 AM, Henrik Lindberg wrote: > I don't think the features (save as ecore, or compare) are available in the > aggregator UI. > > It is not difficult to do this in code though. > > As you can see in https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=304345 - the > p2 model is available as a separate bundle. In code you can load repositories > into the model, and then do what you want with the result (in your case - > save it in xmi format for comparison). > > The issue https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=306980 is about being > able to write a p2 ecore model as a p2 repo (i.e. the p2 meta data format). > This feature is great for performing manipulations of p2 repositories - load > them into a model, transform and write back as p2, but I don't think this is > required in your use case. > > Adding the end-user operation to save as ecore, or indeed to perform the > comparison would be a great contribution to the aggregator project ;-) > If you choose to go ahead and solve this in code (either just a quick and > dirty utility for your own use, or as a contribution), you can ask questions > on the b3 forum/newsgroup. I may have some example code to look at etc. (not > sure this is of interest to all on the p2-dev mailing list). > > Regards > Henrik Lindberg > [email protected] > > > > On Jun 3, 2011, at 9:41 PM, Henrich Kraemer wrote: > >> Hi Henrik, >> >> Thank you for your suggestion. This seems very promising and so I went for >> it: >> >> 1. Starting with Eclipse 3.6.2 and installed additions for EMF-Compare and >> b3 aggregator via update sites mentioned on the Eclipse wiki. >> >> 2. Create a simple aggregator model in the Aggregator Model Editor: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <aggregator:Aggregator xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI"; >> xmlns:aggregator="http://www.eclipse.org/b3/2010/aggregator/1.0.0"; >> label="first-test" buildRoot="build"> >> <configurations/> >> <configurations operatingSystem="linux" windowSystem="gtk"/> >> <contributions label="test"> >> <repositories location="C:\Components\Eclipse" mirrorArtifacts="false"/> >> <repositories location="C:\Components\Equinox" mirrorArtifacts="false"/> >> </contributions> >> </aggregator:Aggregator> >> >> 3. This model builds fine and when it is opened with the Aggregator Model >> Editor I see two p2 repos and their contents as a tree which is very cool. >> >> --- >> >> This is were I got stuck as I could not figure out how to get an EMF file of >> the p2 repositories. >> >> Message http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/521750/ mentions the ecore >> model for p2 and the need to supporting saving these files. However I did >> not find a way to save these so that I can use the EMF compare on it. >> >> I tried selecting both p2 repo nodes in the Aggregator Model Editor and then >> compare via context menu entry 'Compare with -> Each Other' but that wasn't >> enabled. While this was not unexpected, that would be a great feature. >> >> From https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=306980 it appears I may >> need a newer version of the aggregator and to write code. >> Is there an end user feature available in some newer version supporting this? >> >> Thank you >> >> Henrich >> _______________________________________________ >> p2-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/p2-dev > > _______________________________________________ > p2-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/p2-dev
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