Re: [equinox-dev] New time for the p2 and equinox calls

2010-09-20 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Yes, I was filling out the NOT available times. As a side note, I am trying to reduce meeting time in general and don't plan on regularly attending these calls (ie, if I'm not doing any p2 work). So if there is a p2 UI issue that makes the agenda, I'd appreciate a ping on the p2 mailing list to en

[equinox-dev] who should declare dependencies on ds?

2010-04-01 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
We currently use ds in p2 to declare most of our services. Yet we don't have any particular bundle that declares a dependency on ds. I can justify this in some respects - theoretically there could be clients that consume the p2 bundles, declare their own services (using ds or dynamically) and th

[equinox-dev] Fw: ds and ClassCircularityError

2009-11-11 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Following up on this: In the course of merging with the latest p2 code, upgrading to yesterday's I-build, and fixing bugs, this problem has gone away. I can't explain why. I didn't change the class structure of the classes involved. susan - Forwarded by Susan Franklin McCour

[equinox-dev] ds and ClassCircularityError

2009-11-05 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I've been wildly refactoring some p2 code in my workspace to play around with some alternate API. In doing so, I've broken the SDK's service registration for the UI Policy. It seems I've got some kind of class circularity going on, but it's not clear to me what the problem is. The stack trace be

[equinox-dev] p2 vs. equinox newsgroups?

2009-07-28 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi This may have been discussed before, but the times they are a changing... I was reading about the FUDForum front end for Eclipse newsgroups [1] and decided to give it a testdrive [2]. While looking at the forums listed underneath Eclipse Projects, I noticed "P2 dev." I had forgotten tha

Re: [equinox-dev] P2 modyfing - reducing GUI

2009-01-14 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Configuring the UI in the 3.5 stream is discussed here: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2/Adding_Self-Update_to_an_RCP_Application For the 3.4 stream, it requires changes in the UI bundles, I'm not sure if anyone has tried it. I could answer any questions you might have (but let's move the disc

[equinox-dev] bug triage process

2008-10-15 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
In the p2 call this week (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2/Meetings/20081014#Minutes) we talked about bug triage and trying to assign real owners to bugs. We also mentioned assigning them directly within the team when we open a bug, to avoid a bunch of bug noise. Just now I opened a bug, assi

RE: [equinox-dev] Does Eclipse support native installation scenarios?

2008-08-04 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
ours) after everything is downloaded?  Any examples? We are sophisticated plugin writers.  I’ll read http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Touchpoint_Instructions.  Looking for any examples and “extension points”. Thank you for the guidance. farokh From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [equinox-dev] Does Eclipse support native installation scenarios?

2008-08-04 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, Farokh. Most (all?) of the p2 core team are taking their vacations right now. I work on the UI for p2, so while I use the core API, I don't know the exact state of the underlying implementation and what limitations are there in 3.4 as well as those guys do. So consider this answer as a bit o

[equinox-dev] notes from 6/25 UIWG p2 UI design walkthrough

2008-06-25 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, everyone. Thanks for taking the time to attend the p2 UI walkthrough, it was helpful. I've annotated the "prep page" with notes about the actual discussion that took place. I've included links to existing bug reports on some of these topics so that you can comment in individual bugs with ne

[equinox-dev] p2 UI and UM scenario comparisons

2008-06-19 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, everyone. To get some fresh eyes on the p2 UI and step back a bit before charging into bug fixing, I scheduled a p2 UI design walkthrough with the Eclipse UI Best Practices Working Group (http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/User_Interface_Best_Practices_Working_Group). I thought that the bac

[equinox-dev] [prov] p2 UI goals for 3.5

2008-06-10 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, everyone... While it's still fresh in my mind, I've started to make the "big issues list" for 3.5 for the p2 UI. Please see http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_UI_Plan for the current summary of work areas in the UI. I've tried to reference bug numbers where possible so that folks can cc: th

Re: [equinox-dev] Tagged p2 bundles for build

2008-05-20 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
There's been a long standing bug in the releng tools involving the analysis of what bugs got fixed. I've never tried to track it down, but I've seen it happen where certain changes are always picked up and bugs are listed in the build notes when no work was done. Has anyone else noticed that these

[equinox-dev] [p2] retagged UI projects in case of rebuild...

2008-05-15 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
It seems the projects were tagged for the I-build 1 minute before my last fix was committed. However, when I went to retag before the build started, I saw some launch config changes coming in that I couldn't vouch for, so I didn't retag immediately. By the time I decided to retag only the UI, the

[equinox-dev] tagged p2 for v20080501-0100

2008-04-30 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I tagged the p2 UI projects for the 1am build. The map file has been updated for the following Bug changes: + Bug 228794. [ui] "Include items that have already been installed" checkbox does not work properly (FIXED) + Bug 229305. [ui] Installing from a filtered selection does not work (FIXED) Th

[equinox-dev] Fw: p2 - help me find this bug!

2008-04-30 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Never mind...got it. Funny how the mind thinks of new ideas right after a desperate cry for help. susan - Forwarded by Susan Franklin McCourt/Beaverton/IBM on 04/30/2008 09:53 PM

[equinox-dev] p2 - help me find this bug!

2008-04-30 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
If you've been experiencing weird behavior with the [ ] Include items that are installed checkbox on the p2 Available Software page, can you please help me? The relevant bug is https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=228794 When first reported, I could not reproduce it. Then I saw it.

[equinox-dev] p2 test plan, help wanted!

2008-04-28 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I've just done some reorg and updating of the p2 test plan at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_tests I'd like to invite the community to help us in tomorrow's test pass, even if and especially if you've not tried p2 before. Now that the p2 UI is simply part of the default SDK, there's no magic

[equinox-dev] tagged p2 UI projects

2008-04-28 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I barely missed the 6pm tag of the UI projects with a fix, so I've tagged the p2 UI projects for the 1am build. (I wasn't sure what other work might be planned for tonight and whether anyone else would be tagging). susan The map file has been updated for the following Bug changes: + Bug 228892.

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] Participation opportunity

2008-04-08 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
mailing list Susan Franklin McCourt wrote: > > > > > - User interface for configuring/pausing/resuming/m

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] Participation opportunity

2008-04-08 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
>Sorry, I realize I may have stepped on (Susan's) toes WRT the UI items >below. No worries, Scott! > - User interface for configuring/pausing/resuming/managing downloads Do you mean something at the ECF level? Or in p2? In p2 we currently rely on the platform UI progress view rather than present

RE: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 filtering

2008-04-04 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
at various stages in the UI progress or will end up with an uninstallable set of IUs once the user presses "finish", but this can be managed . So thanks a lot again, I appreciate the quick responses!! :) Ciao, hh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 filtering

2008-04-03 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, Helmut. I'll take a stab at these, although I don't know about #3. 1) First ask the user what hosts/archs etc. he wants to install and then use that information in both the UI and the installation itself. Is this possible at all? The specific notion of considering the profile values for fil

RE: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 for starters

2008-03-27 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
ookups, not sure if that can be changed... > > So, thanks for this first bunch of answers!! :) > Chao, > hh > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Franklin > McCourt > Sent: 27 March 2008 15:49 > To: Equinox

RE: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 for starters

2008-03-27 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
ed... So, thanks for this first bunch of answers!! :) Chao, hh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Franklin McCourt Sent: 27 March 2008 15:49 To: Equinox development mailing list Subject: Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 for starters Hi,

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 for starters

2008-03-27 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, Helmut. I work on the p2 UI, so I can answer some of the UI questions and will defer to the core guys to answer the rest.. >- Is p2 allowing nested groups like these: >- Can you suggest a strategy on how to best filter a repos content, both >based on users choices and entitlement? Is there

[equinox-dev] [prov] ui fixes for 1am build

2008-03-26 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I've committed fixes to HEAD for these bugs: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=224180 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=224107 I did not tag/release, as John said he or Pascal will be doing it closer to build time. As of this moment, I believe I'm done with UI changes fo

Fw: [equinox-dev] [prov] ui projects have fixes in HEAD good for I-rebuild

2008-03-11 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Pascal suggested I go ahead and tag and update the map file. So I did. susan - Forwarded by Susan Franklin McCourt/Beaverton/IBM on 03/11/2008 02:41 PM

[equinox-dev] [prov] ui projects have fixes in HEAD good for I-rebuild

2008-03-11 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I have released some surgical fixes to HEAD for these bugs: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=61 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=222000 The changes are in org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk If there is a rebuild, these should be ta

Re: [equinox-dev] programmatically recognizing that a file is a bundle?

2008-03-04 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
dle. If you were to try to install it, then more trouble would occur :-) If you can not depend on the p2 metadata generator, you can still get inspiration from the BundleDescriptionFactory#getBundleDescription(File) HTH, PaScaL From: Susan Franklin McCourt <[EMAIL PROT

[equinox-dev] programmatically recognizing that a file is a bundle?

2008-03-03 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I have a user workflow where I want to treat a jar file that is a bundle differently than I treat a jar file that is just some archive of stuff. Is there a definitive way that I should programmatically examine a jar file and decide "this is a bundle." I thought this would be relatively easy to fi

[equinox-dev] [prov] p2 UI prios for EclipseCon, M6, and beyond...

2008-02-21 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
In the p2 call on Tuesday, Scott was asking if I had bandwidth for some service discovery UI (in particular discovering p2 repos) before EclipseCon. I promised to make a prio list of UI work items so that I could answer that question. Please take a look at: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_UI_

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] ID consistency in the metadata

2008-02-20 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
>- Installable units have a type which is used to differentiate between IUs. >The name of this property is "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.type" and can >currently take 2 values ("iu.fragment," "group"). Similarly to this type we >have the "categoryIU" property whose value can be set to "true". I'm really

[equinox-dev] [prov] updated map file for tomorrow's I-build

2008-02-18 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I tagged and released for tomorrow's I-build. I didn't see anyone else out there tonight, so I assume I'm not catching anyone unprepared... The map file has been updated for the following Bug changes: + Bug 210670. [prov] [ui] odd progress placement when adding update site (FIXED) + Bug 214689.

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] How best to help the user through incompatible/bad provisioning plans

2008-02-14 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
ow though - such as a trim widget that gets an error overlay added. In the updates dialog, we would presumably still show the updates, and the user can try the update from there if they want to. John

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] How best to help the user through incompatible/bad provisioning plans

2008-02-13 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
et that gets an error overlay added. In the updates dialog, we would presumably still show the updates, and the user can try the update from there if they want to. John Susan Franklin McCourt

[equinox-dev] [prov] How best to help the user through incompatible/bad provisioning plans

2008-02-12 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, everyone. I've been struggling with how to handle the case where the user has automatic updates on, we find updates, but the resulting provisioning plan for those updates is not OK. Meaning, there is some incompatibility/problem. Do we tell the user? Do we let them try to update anyway? e

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] ECF discovery of artifact and metadata repos

2008-02-11 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Hi, Scott. I hadn't read this thread yet this morning when you asked about discovery UI. Now I'm caught up I think getting this into the admin UI should be trivial, we could just add a "discovered" sites view behind the existing artifact/metadata repo views. It's mostly just build issues. The

[equinox-dev] p2 test repo working?

2008-01-31 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
Am I the only one seeing this when I try to use the URL below? I haven't been able to connect to the test updates URL since it was repopulated !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui 4 0 2008-01-31 19:21:01.156 !MESSAGE Error loading repository http://update.eclipse.org/eclipse/testUpdates/ !STACK 1

Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] "Change request" and IProfileRegistry relationship

2008-01-22 Thread Susan Franklin McCourt
I think I'd have to see the changes first, but my initial reaction is that we probably want to get rid of IProfileRegistry.updateProfile(Profile). I think profile registry would still have add/remove API, and API for querying and getting the profiles. I don't see it necessary to make the engine c