Re: [mpc-dev] Auto-filter MPC based on Eclipse Package

[ERIC CLONINGER <dcp874@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, so that's probably why our listing isn't showing up? Last I
checked, we were a member company. ;-) Maybe it's the metadata of my
listing. But that's a separate discussion.

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Ian Skerrett <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @benjamin,  when MPC is first started, what is the product code sent to get
> the featured list?  Is that product code an extermalized string that can be
> customized by EPP?   Nathan, can confirm but I think the backend does look
> at the code.
>
> @eric on the backend we have rules on what solutions we return.  For
> instance, we only return listings that have proper IUs setup so they can
> actually be installed  We also only return listings that are licensed oss or
> from Foundation member companies.
>
>
>
>
> On 5/9/2012 2:49 PM, ERIC CLONINGER wrote:
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> This definitely paints a clearer picture.
>
> To dig a little further, if the Eclipse Marketplace backend were to
> handle that parameter and return some results, would it be to the full
> set of solutions? I don't want anything to prevent users from seeing
> all the solutions, but it would be nice if the solutions for mobile
> and embedded devices were listed first.
>
> I say this, since the user has chosen a specific package, presumably
> he wants solutions for those roles. At least at first, then they can
> look for other tools to fulfill their job role.
>
> Thanks
>
> -E
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Benjamin Muskalla
> <benjamin.muskalla@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> The MPC client actually sends the product id as part of the MPC requestst to
> the server (eg. &product=org.eclipse.epp.package.rcp.product).
> This way the server can actually response with different features for a
> particular product (or EPP package as they have their own product). As far
> as I know, the Eclipse Marketplace currently ignores the product attribute.
>
> Hope that helps,
>   Benjamin
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM, ERIC CLONINGER <dcp874@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm working on a new EPP project for mobile devices, as described by this
> bug
>
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=376258
>
> Ian and I were discussing how this package would operate and I have a
> thought. Would it be possible for MPC to load with the filters
> pre-selected based on the package? Perhaps some bit of data about the
> package itself could be fed into MPC or read from the initial query to
> know which filters to apply.
>
> Thanks
>
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Eclipse Sequoyah Project Lead