Re: [e4-dev] Nullpointerexception when launching a clean e4application p

[Brian de Alwis <briandealwis@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2-Jul-2010, at 10:11 AM, Paul Webster wrote:
>> There was a thread on this in p2-dev and equinox-dev in April:
>> 
>>        http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/equinox-dev/msg06177.html
>> 
>> The conclusion was: don't declare a dependency.  But you might be able to add some p2.inf magic to a feature to cause .ds to be started.  I haven't the faintest idea how to do this though.
> 
> If .ds is included in the product spec, I don't believe you need a
> special step to start it as PDE already includes the magic when it
> creates an Eclipse launch config.
> 
> But if a p2.inf is necessary, we can create one.

It's more that we could add a suitable p2.inf to the e4 feature to ensure .ds and .event were added and started when that feature is included.

Brian.