[buckminster-dev] PDE's Export Target Wizard

[Johannes Utzig <mail@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I was just reading Chris' Blog entry about the new PDE's export target 
wizard that allows the user to export a target definition to a certain 
location.
http://aniszczyk.org/2010/04/09/pdes-export-target-wizard/
Would it be possible to reuse that headlessly in Buckminster?
That would go great with the Hudson integration.
The plugin already implements a 'Target Platform Publisher' that lets 
you archive a directory that contains plugins and features.
The user names this Target Platform and is then able to reuse it 
declarative in other build jobs.

Currently people already use target definition files to create a TP for 
other build jobs (simply more convinient than mspecs), but so far it's 
only possible with a hack:
1. Invoke buckminster with importtargetdefinition -A some.target
2. archive .metadata/org.eclipse.pde.core/.bundle-pool

This isn't exactly clean since it's fishing internal stuff from the 
metadata.
So with this new export wizard available the hudson plugin could offer 
much better support for the user. To create a target platform for other 
build jobs, simply point to a *.target file and name the output. The 
rest can be done automatically.

So, does anybody know if this functionality could be used in a headless 
environment and integrated into buckminster?

Best regards,
Johannes