Bug 314133 - need to remove most, change a few, webtools repository URL in feature.xml
Summary: need to remove most, change a few, webtools repository URL in feature.xml
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: JSDT
Classification: WebTools
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.2 RC3   Edit
Assignee: Nitin Dahyabhai CLA
QA Contact: Nitin Dahyabhai CLA
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Whiteboard: PMC_approved
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Blocks: 303935
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Reported: 2010-05-24 12:10 EDT by David Williams CLA
Modified: 2010-05-27 17:36 EDT (History)
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changes to update site url (4.67 KB, patch)
2010-05-24 12:12 EDT, David Williams CLA 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description David Williams CLA 2010-05-24 12:10:52 EDT 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #303935 +++

See bug 291637 for a broader discussion. 

In Web Tools, we have historically always used the following URL for our update sites: 

http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/ 

But, this needs to change, for a few reasons. For one, (if we have to change it anyway) the term "updates" is now inaccurate or at least old-fashioned ... it is more of a "repository". 

Also, because we now want repositories to persist forever, it is too "high level". For each major release, we should have one specific to that release. Also, using the "version number" is pretty old fashioned too, and I see no reason not to use the yearly release name. such as 

http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/repository/helios


While we can (and should?) still provide 
http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/repoository 
as a viable URL, it is anticipated that, over the years, it would perform slower and slower, so it would be best to normally point people to a more specific one, for any particular release. 

And, while not normally advertised to most users, under the covers, we will have separate ("hierarchical") repositories for each maintenance or off-cycle release. Currently, I'd prefer date-time-stamp directories for these (rather than, say "SR0", "SR1", "SR2", because then "off cycle" release fit in more naturally, so these very specific URLs would look like 

http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/repository/helios/201006260900/

So, the suggestion is that for feature update URLs, the value would be 

http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/repository/helios/

We'd probably want to do this by M6, since it is "UI". (That is, might effect documentation, screen captures, or similar). 

Comments? Suggestions?
Comment 1 David Williams CLA 2010-05-24 12:12:12 EDT 
Created attachment 169689 [details]
changes to update site url

This removes the update site url, except for the main feature, and its been corrected to be what will be our new webtools repository (for Helios).
Comment 2 Nitin Dahyabhai CLA 2010-05-27 03:15:01 EDT 
Releasing attached patch based on +1/-0 rule.