Re: [orion-dev] Maven/Tycho build

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthias Sohn <matthias.sohn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on
01/29/2013 05:44:06 PM:
> - what's org.eclipse.orion.server.ui used for ? It seems this bundle
> brings most of the server's dependencies but is only supported on
Mac ?

This bundle is used to bring up a server console window
on Mac. On Windows it is not needed because Windows opens a Java console
window by default. On Linux it is not needed because people usually start
the server from a shell and pipe console output to file. I would be curious
to hear if others still think this Mac console window is useful. Are any
Mac users on this list actually using this console window to interact with
the server. We could simplify (and shrink) our builds by getting rid of
it.

> - I am not yet sure which configuration settings
the 
> org.eclipse.orion.server.tests need

This is currently configured in org.eclipse.orion.server.tests/test.xml.
There is no separate configuration file. The server tests bundle starts
up the server by itself in the same process. Here is the relevant snippet
with the required VM arguments:

         
              <property
name="extraVMargs"
value="-Declipse.log.level=WARNING
       
               
               
               
               
               
        -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty.http.port=7070
       
               
               
               
               
               
        -Dorg.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty.autostart=false
       
               
               
               
               
               
        -Dorion.tests.authtype=Basic"
/>

> 
> - how is org.eclipse.orion.tools.batch used ?

This bundle isn't built. It just contains some command
line utilities that I have used for metadata cleanup and conversion on
our servers. I typically build it manually when needed from my workspace.
There is no need to include it in automated builds at this point.

John