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RE: [dsdp-dev] Single distribution tarball for Eclipse/CDT/DSDP/RSE
Hi Jim,
 
The "combined downloads" you meantion for CDT are created by the Eclipse
Packaging Project (EPP). They kind of hand-pick the most widely requested
combinations to create starting packages. But that approach does not scale
when people want more tuned collections of packages.
 
Yes, commercial vendors like Wind River and QNX make their pick of plugins
and deliver an integrated environment. We cannot do that in open source
because we don't know what exactly our clients need. That's where the
Update Manager / Eclipse Discovery Site mechanism tunes in, which is used
for Europa and Ganymede.
 
Start with the EPP CDT Package Download, then Help > SOftware Updates
> Find and Install > Europa Discovery Site. Select what you think you need,
then "Select Required" to get all dependencies. Very much like the Linux
packagers (like Yast, APT and the like).
 
More plugins can be acquired from Eclipse Plugin Central (EPC).
 
It currently doesn't go much simpler, though improvements to the update
manager are underway as part of P2 (Provisioning Project, currently part
of the Equinox incubator).
 
In terms of getting started and delivering your favorite pick of plugins --
I suggest that you just install Eclipse locally, use Update Manager to
get what you need, then ZIP up the entire local installation; inside the
ZIP archive, remove the "configuration/" folder except for the file
config.ini

What you get is exactly a combined package of all the plugins you
downloaded, ready to deliver to your colleagues.
 
Does that help?
 
Is that the kind of information you'd like to see in an FAQ?

Cheers,
--
Martin Oberhuber
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm

 

From: dsdp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dsdp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Thomas
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:27 PM
To: General discussion of device software development platform issues.
Subject: Re: [dsdp-dev] Single distribution tarball for Eclipse/CDT/DSDP/RSE

Hello Martin,
 
You will have to pardon me for being a rookie when it comes to Eclipse. I am just getting started with it.
 
I see what you mean about Europa and Ganymede providing checkpoints that nail down version integrity.
 
I suppose what I was hoping for was a merged up download including DSDP and RSE like Eclipse/CDT at:
 
 
I see now that with so many plugins, it isn't necessarily practical to anticipate some universally desired combination, and mechanisms exist for users to add plugins as wanted.
 
I imagine vendors such as Wind River and QNX who use Eclipse/CDT in commercial offerings will end up assembling the kind of package I envision, streamlined for embedded developers.  It would be nice if we had a free, generic package that does the same, but that might be hard to do since it might assume a particular target architecture or development board type and toolchain.
 
I see that as an alternative to using the Eclipse hosted Software Updates mechanism to install the DSDP and RSE plugins, there is also a way to download ZIP files and (presumably) do a manual install.  That approach might give me the version integrity I seek, between annual releases such as Europa and Ganymede.  My objective is to have only a small set of tested files, and a minimal installation procedure, that our embedded developers can use to bring up identical Eclipse development platforms.
 
The missing piece may be a simple 'getting started' guide that helps the Eclipse novice get Eclipse/CDT, DSDP, and RSE up and running without so much web searching to learn what those projects are, how they all tie together, and the best way to assemble them (which I don't think I know yet).  I suspect each novice re-invents this wheel.
 
That 'getting started' guide may already exist, and I just haven't come across it yet.  I would think this rises to the level of an article at IBM developerworks, O'Reilly, or one of the monthly Linux print magazines.
 
In any event, Eclipse/CDT/DSDP/RSE looks great, and if the price of admission is a few days of web searching to figure it all out, it is still well worth it.
 
Thanks.
 
Jim
----- Original Message ----
From: "Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: General discussion of device software development platform issues. <dsdp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:50:28 AM
Subject: RE: [dsdp-dev] Single distribution tarball for Eclipse/CDT/DSDP/RSE

Hello Jim,
 
The Eclipse "Europa" and "Ganymede" coordinated release trains
seem to do what you want - simultaneous releases with version
integrity:
 
 
You don't get a single tarball, but you can get Eclipse Platform
and then grab all the other projects from the Ganymede Update
Site in a single step.
 
Besides, I'm not sure what you mean with a "DSDP" project?

Cheers,
--
Martin Oberhuber
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm

 

From: dsdp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dsdp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:35 PM
To: dsdp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [dsdp-dev] Single distribution tarball for Eclipse/CDT/DSDP/RSE

Hello,
 
I recently experimented with using Eclipse/CDT plus DSDP and RSE to cross-compile and cross-debug from an x86 host running Fedora Core to an ARM9 embedded target.
 
It works great, and I would like to consider using this combination in a production environment.  But installing the several plugins from CVS and carrying the plugins around as part of my project gives me pause.
 
Are there plans to roll up official versions of Eclipse, CDT, DSDP, and RSE, and release them as a single, convenient distribution, like Eclipse/CDT?
 
If I could save that single distribution tarball and install it at will, with guaranteed version integrity, Eclipse/CDT/DSDP/RSE is rather compelling.
 
Thanks.
 
Jim
 

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