Bug 567924 - "Install New Software..." dialog should have option/links to "Install: From Existing Installation"
Summary: "Install New Software..." dialog should have option/links to "Install: From E...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: p2 (show other bugs)
Version: 4.18   Edit
Hardware: PC All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: P2 Inbox CLA
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Keywords: bugday, helpwanted
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Reported: 2020-10-16 05:34 EDT by Niraj Modi CLA
Modified: 2020-10-21 05:56 EDT (History)
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2020-10-16 09:10 EDT, Andrey Loskutov CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Niraj Modi CLA 2020-10-16 05:34:53 EDT 
Possible improvement in "Install New Software..." dialog:
It should allow user to "Install: From Existing Installation" as well.

So users are more likely to use "Install: From Existing Installation" feature, IMO it seems hidden under the Import flow only.
Comment 1 Alexander Fedorov CLA 2020-10-16 08:45:12 EDT 
+1
Comment 2 Andrey Loskutov CLA 2020-10-16 09:03:34 EDT 
(In reply to Niraj Modi from comment #0)
> Possible improvement in "Install New Software..." dialog:
> It should allow user to "Install: From Existing Installation" as well.
> 
> So users are more likely to use "Install: From Existing Installation"
> feature, IMO it seems hidden under the Import flow only.

In that case I would also expect "Install: from description file (p2f)" - that would install from such files like https://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ui.git/plain/releng/org.eclipse.ui.releng/platformUiTools.p2f.

And if we would be really cool, we could accept not only local files but also url's like the one above.
Comment 3 Andrey Loskutov CLA 2020-10-16 09:10:27 EDT 
Created attachment 284485 [details]
mock idea

Looking at the current "Install" dialog I think the simplest solution would be to add two links to the mentioned wizards.
Comment 4 Noopur Gupta CLA 2020-10-19 03:40:55 EDT 
(In reply to Andrey Loskutov from comment #2)
> In that case I would also expect "Install: from description file (p2f)" -
> that would install from such files like
> https://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ui.git/plain/releng/org.eclipse.ui.releng/platformUiTools.p2f.
> 
> 
> And if we would be really cool, we could accept not only local files but
> also url's like the one above.
This would be an improvement in the "Import Software Configuration" wizard (Install > Install Software Item from File). It can be done in a separate bug.

(In reply to Andrey Loskutov from comment #3)
> Created attachment 284485 [details]
> mock idea
> 
> Looking at the current "Install" dialog I think the simplest solution would
> be to add two links to the mentioned wizards.
This should work for this bug. Looks good.
Comment 5 Noopur Gupta CLA 2020-10-21 03:43:22 EDT 
(In reply to Noopur Gupta from comment #4)
> (In reply to Andrey Loskutov from comment #3)
> > Created attachment 284485 [details]
> > mock idea
> > 
> > Looking at the current "Install" dialog I think the simplest solution would
> > be to add two links to the mentioned wizards.
> This should work for this bug. Looks good.

Mickael, does this look like an #easyFix? It needs to add two new links to open the existing wizards.
Comment 6 Mickael Istria CLA 2020-10-21 04:30:56 EDT 
(In reply to Noopur Gupta from comment #5)
> Mickael, does this look like an #easyFix? It needs to add two new links to
> open the existing wizards.

If we stick to just adding links, it's indeed good as an #easyFix.
I'll schedule a tweet about it later today.
Comment 7 Mickael Istria CLA 2020-10-21 05:07:35 EDT 
While links can be a good start, this dialog has many opportunities to improve IMO. I'll open individual bugs about those proposals and link them here.