Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Potential rebuild for p2 bug

2014-02-21 Thread Pascal Rapicault
Update. Earlier today the Planning Council has given the go to include the fix in the release train. A platform build has been done, and it has been confirmed that the problem has been fixed. The build number is M20140221-1700. Once the execution of the automated tests completes, David will p

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Potential rebuild for p2 bug

2014-02-21 Thread David M Williams
Based on feedback from the Planning Council, I will do a "rebuild" of the aggregation repository, once the fixed version of p2 is available and verified. I thought I'd be explicit that my plan is to do the sort of rebuild where the input from all other projects is simply taken to be what alrea

[cross-project-issues-dev] Potential rebuild for p2 bug

2014-02-21 Thread Pascal Rapicault
Hi, This is a heads up that a pretty bad bug has been discovered in p2 which can leave an installation in a non startable state (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=428575). This does not happen on every install. It only occurs when the import wizard triggers the remediation, but i

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] What to do during Kepler SR2 quiet week?

2014-02-21 Thread Markus Knauer
It's sufficient to add both provided p2 repository URLs to the list of available software sites (preferences > install/update > available software sites): http://build.eclipse.org/technology/epp/epp_build/kepler/download/20140220-0320/repository/ http://download.eclipse.org/releases/maintenance/

Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] What to do during Kepler SR2 quiet week?

2014-02-21 Thread Beth Tibbitts
David, I'd like to test >...at least that "SR1" levels can be updated to "SR2" ... and to do that you might need to (re)read .. ...But I can't find enough info on the referenced links that says how to assemble a "pseudo composite" to test updating e.g. from SR1 to SR2. It says to look in epp-dev.

[cross-project-issues-dev] What to do during Kepler SR2 quiet week?

2014-02-21 Thread David M Williams
I'm sure everyone knows that final builds are done ... but we always wait a week before formally releasing. This is partially to give one last chance to test for serious regressions. (If found, In most cases, we'd encourage projects to simply provide "patch features" on their own sites, if poss