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RE: [mdt-sbvr.dev] Build configuration
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Title: Message
Mark,
This
project's current code requires only the *released* Ganymede platform for all
components. The easiest way to get a complete environment is to download
the Eclipse Modeling Tools package from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/.
That is what I have used since it was released end of June. If you want to
create a customized smaller environment, simply use the released build of
Ganymede components. The single download of the Eclipse Modeling Tools
package should be sufficient to build and run all code in this project's
CVS.
This
does not include the open source UML diagram editor, Papyrus. For
that, I have used Papyrus 1.9.1. But this is only required to open and
edit the diagrams. The project's .uml models can be processed using only
Eclipse MDT Ganymede. I hope that by early next year, we will have the
"new" Papyrus available under Eclipse MDT (approved, but no code so far).
But that may require the next Eclipse generation, Galileo, when we'll need to
agree on a new coordinated set of milestone components. I intend to
postpone that until it's required.
IBM
released RSM and RSA 7.5 on Oct 1st and it is based on Ganymede. I already
use RSM 7.5 for my other work and will try to test it this week with
the projects in CVS. It should be fully compatible, except for the UML
diagrams that require Papyrus, and it should be possible to install Papyrus into
RSM/A.
For
myself, I would be happier to use IBM's RSM/A, instead of Papyrus, for
creating metamodel diagrams in this project. I believe that you, Stan, and
myself all use RSM/A. But I wanted to create a project environment that
required only open source development tools. Does anyone else on this list
feel strongly about *not* migrating the model diagrams/editing to RSM 7.5?
If we made that change, then we must follow the process of Eclipse UML2 project
where the RSM .emx model files are exported to .uml each time models are checked
into CVS. Then others could use other UML tools to create diagrams for
those .uml model files.
Dave
It would be very helpful if someone could post on the MDT/SBVR WIKI page a
list of the build dependencies for the checked in code. I'm asking because the
code must be dependent upon EMF and through that upon a particular level of
Eclipse. The trial-and-error approach to figuring out what combination works
is very time-consuming and a barrier to getting started.
I'm also
asking because normally I work with IBM's RSA but it is back-level with
request to the latest-and-greatest in Ganymede and EMF. So knowing the build
dependencies helps me figure out whether I can use what I have or have to
install some combination of Ganymede+EMF+Papyrus plus whatever else in order
to get a working UML modeling environment that will also build the SBVR
code.
