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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #252800 +++ Projects must use jar'ed plug-ins (with unpack=false) unless authorized by the planning council for technical reasons. Nested jars should be avoided if possible since it creates problems for projects that has dependencies to such plug-ins. The OSGi runtime is fine with it but the compiler is not able to handle classpaths that contain nested jars. In case only one nested jar exists, it is often better to expand the contents of that jar into the root folder (i.e. unnest the jar). If a plug-in contains large files that are frequently used (opened and closed), a jar'ed plug-in might degrade performance significantly since the file must be decompressed each time it is opened.
Besides source plugins and 3rd party jars, below plugins are in folder format now: org.eclipse.birt.chart.cshelp org.eclipse.chart.doc.isv org.eclipse.birt.cshelp org.eclipse.birt.doc.isv org.eclipse.birt.doc org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sampledb org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui org.eclipse.birt.engine.fonts org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer org.eclipse.birt.resources org.eclipse.birt.sdk Please review if these jar can be shipped as Jars.
org.eclipse.birt.engine.fonts can't be shipped with JARS. It is designed to store the font files which are usually big.
1. org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc Can not be jarred, since user could have a need to put their JDBC drivers in the plugin. 2. org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer Can not be jarred, user might want to put their customer JSP pages in the plugin. 3. org.eclipse.birt.resources Can not be jarred, user might want to put their report resources, such as image, library, in this plugin. cc Jane to comment on the on line help plugins..
(In reply to comment #2) > org.eclipse.birt.engine.fonts > can't be shipped with JARS. It is designed to store the font files which are > usually big. We also want to let user to add font files in the bundle.
I am not aware of any issues with JARing the doc and cshelp plug-ins. As far as I know, they should just work transparently. But I have not tested these plug-ins in JAR format.
Please refer to the bug (In reply to comment #4) > (In reply to comment #2) > > org.eclipse.birt.engine.fonts > > can't be shipped with JARS. It is designed to store the font files which are > > usually big. > We also want to let user to add font files in the bundle. We have already changed these doc plugins in JAR format. Please refer to bugzilla bug #253859.
Currently the org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui is originally used as the default custom templates folder, so it can not be jarred in the meantime, I will check if this can be moved to the org.eclipse.birt.resources plugin.
The default custom templates folder has been set to "org.eclipse.birt.resources/custom-templates", org.eclipse.birt.report.designer.ui plugin can be jarred now.
org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sampledb can't be shipped with JARS. It is designed to contains a sample db jar file. It is frequently used (opened and closed), So it'd better do not jar-ed this plugin.
All plugins are in JAR format now except for: 1.org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc 2.org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.sampledb 3.org.eclipse.birt.engine.fonts 4.org.eclipse.birt.report.viewer 5.org.eclipse.birt.resources The reasons have been listed in above comments. Set as fixed for Galileo.
