Re: [p2-dev] FW: P2 Profile Questions

[Alessandro Mottadelli <amottadelli@xxxxxxxx>]

Pascal Rapicault ha scritto:
> >Maybe you could publish a p2 metadata  spec ?
> The externalized format of an IU (p2 metadata) is left unspecified on 
> purpose. The externalized format is the responsibility of the metadata 
> repository.
So, if I undertand well,  this means that p2 metadata is a sort of 
"private contract" of the metadata repository,  and will never have e 
published format. People will rely on p2 APIs to write/read matadata.


> >Maybe the people could generate the metadata they need by themselves 
> if they feel that the standard tooling is not what they need?
> This is what the p2 publisher allows.

Thanks! I was not aware of p2 publisher. I was trying to find my way in 
p2 using eclipse 3.4.1. Apparently I should retarget my efforts to 3.5.

Ciao
Sandro