Re: [buckminster-dev] Re: Tutorial for building an RCP from hudson

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

Johannes Utzig wrote:
> -import an mspec into a not-yet-existing target platform? Did I get this 
> part right? That sounds really nice, I didn't know that was possible...
>
Yes, that's right.

> I'm not sure I'm completly understanding all of this just yet, so let me 
> try to put it together. For the tutorial this would mean:
>
> 1. buckminster uses an mspec to materialize a platform independant 
> target platform out of thin air
>
> 2. set the target platform to the output of 1
>
> 3. resolve a cquery for mailapp.product.feature (bundles and features 
> will be fetched from SVN, the rest comes from the target platform)
>
> 4. build site
>
> 5. create product with p2 director
>
> Is that kinda what you meant?
>
Yes.

> If the RCP needs more than the bare platform, would you write several 
> mspecs to import or introduce another component (cspec, or feature?) to 
> describe the contents of the target platform?
No, I would use one mspec and make the rmap richer. Or perhaps appoint the Galileo release instead of just the Eclipse 
Platform (Galileo includes the platform). If need be, appoint Galileo+ http://download.cloudsmith.com/galileoplus/ 
(Galileo plus a lot of stuff that isn't hosted at Eclipse.org. Subversion connectors for instance).

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren