| [cdt-dev] New Callisto Build Requirements |
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Happy New Year everyone, As part of fitting into Callisto (which is the big
multi-project combined Eclipse release that will include CDT 3.1), we need to
start using the fourth element of the version numbers (i.e. qualifier) for the
plugins et al. For our builds, this will contain the datetime timestamp of when
the build was started. This will allow the Eclipse gang to set up an update
site where we can put all our integration builds (which will require each build
to have a newer version number). So how does this affect you? First, you will see the version of the plugins et al change
to ‘3.1.0.qualifier’. The qualifier text gets automagically changed
at build time. This shouldn’t break anything. From what I’ve seen,
when you use Eclipse’s export deployable feature, the qualifier simply
gets removed and you are left with 3.1.0. If you are doing your own builds, you will get the CVS tag as
the qualifier, e.g. 3.1.0.HEAD. To change it to something useful, set the ‘forceContextQualifier’
property in your ant files to something useful. To avoid conflict with the “official”
CDT releases, you might want to stick a letter in front so that it comes last
alphanumerically so that your build will be picked first. Let me know if you have any questions/concerns. Eclipse CDT Project Lead, http://cdtdoug.blogspot.com |