Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Ready for our yearly final daze?

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Stephan Herrmann <stephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Can anyone please explain in a few sentences:
> - what happens if a repo does not define this attribute?

If this attribute is not present, then all artifacts
will be installed directly from your "main" repository and never
consult any mirrors. When the "main" repository is saturated,
such as near releases, this often means installs will fail. Also, for users
far from North America, it means they are downloading from eclipse.org
in Ottawa rather than a potentially much closer mirror.

> - how exactly should the value for this attribute be constructed?

The format is:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=<repository
path>&format=xml

Where <repository path> is the path of your
repository in the eclipse downloads directory. For example here is the
URL from the Eclipse platform Helios release repository:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/eclipse/updates/3.6/R-3.6-201006080911&format=xml


> It would be phantastic, if s.o. could actually give a hint on how
to test
> whether it works :)

The best way to verify the URL is to paste it into
the location bar of your web browser. You should get back an XML document
with a non-empty list of mirrors.  You can paste the above URL from
the Eclipse project in your browser to see an example of what this looks
like.

John