Re: [epp-dev] Cache of Indigo repo (was Re: Indigo SR2 RC4 packages )

[Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, that is actually the best way to mirror. And, yes, the repo is
huge. It's all the projects on the train.

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Eric Rizzo <eclipse-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Beth, I found this:
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Repository_Mirroring#Mirroring_Artifacts
>
> It's been running for a few hours (still not done) and is already eating up
> more than 1.5 GB on my local disk, but I'm hoping it serves my needs.
>
> Markus, is the p2.mirror Ant task you mentioned the same as running the
> Equinox app as described in the wiki page above?
>
> Eric
>
>
> On 2/21/12 9:13 AM, Beth Tibbitts wrote:
>
> I'm interested in this too, it would significantly speed up some things I do
> to not have to connect networking over and over to do the same things, and
> allow them to happen offline,
> plus guarantee I always get the same artifacts.
>
>>create a local p2 mirror?
> Can someone point us to instructions on how to do this?
>
>
> ...Beth
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> would it be possible to use the p2.mirror Ant task to create a local p2
> mirror? With this you would get a local p2 repository with a subset (or all)
> artifacts that you need. This local p2 repository could be used directly or
> you could use the p2.repo2runnable task for creating directory structure
> that is 'consumeable' by the IDE.
>
> I am asking because there is no ZIP file available, and even if there was
> one I doubt that it would be the right choice because /releases/maintenance
> (and all other 'release' repositories) are composite repositories with the
> artifacts split between this repo and the Eclipse Platform repository.
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 21:41, Eric Rizzo <eclipse-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2/16/12 4:37 PM, Markus Knauer wrote:
>
>   http://download.eclipse.org/releases/maintenance
>
> Is there an archive of this maintenance repo available for download
> somewhere? I'm working on a product that will be based on 3.7.2, so I'm
> trying to build up a local target platform for 3.7.2 (I can't use update
> sites in the target definition). It's quite tedious to do so by installing
> the features I want and then copying the JARs around. So I'm looking for a
> better solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
>
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