Re: [p2-dev] Mirroring to proxy repositories

[Terry Parker <tparker@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, automatic resumption of interrupted downloads is by design.  I'd
be surprised if these settings are stored in your workspace though,
rather than in the configuration directory.

--Terry Parker

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Daffin, Miles (IT)
<Miles.Daffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Terry,
>
> I have noticed that, if you abort p2 download/install it remembers what it
> was doing. The next time you try to update or install anything it starts
> trying to download/install the old list first - even if you have removed the
> source sites from the P2 UI!
>
> Is this behaviour intentional? (The only way to stop it is to delete your
> workspace - I have not worked out which files in particular are involved.)
>
> Miles Daffin
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> Subject: Re: [p2-dev] Mirroring to proxy repositories
>
> p2 caches the past repositories from which it has grabbed things.  I'm not
> sure if there is a way to flush that out.  I've been working on using the p2
> director application to push out synchronized releases of Eclipse.  I'm
> invoking the p2 director app with the "-configuration" parameter set to an
> empty temporary folder to ensure that I don't pick up repositories from past
> runs.
>
> --Terry Parker
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Daffin, Miles (IT)
> <Miles.Daffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> This message mentions a mirror merging feature. Is this documented
>> somewhere? I am using the 3.5M3 version of the metadata and artifact mirror
>> apps. The only docs I can find are in the help:
>>
>>
>> http://help.eclipse.org/ganymede/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/p2_mirror.html
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mies
>>
>> Miles Daffin
>> Morgan Stanley | Technology
>> 20 Cabot Square | Canary Wharf | Floor 01
>> London, E14 4QW
>> Phone: +44 20 7677-5119
>> Fax: +44 20 7056-4572
>> Miles.Daffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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>> From: p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:p2-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Baptiste MATHUS
>> Sent: 22 November 2008 20:07
>> To: P2 developer discussions
>> Subject: [p2-dev] Mirroring to proxy repositories
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I seem to remember the subject was discussed somewhere, but can't find the
>> thread back. At the moment, we use the mirrorApp to mirror something like 10
>> public repositories (that's why I noticed and logged the bug about
>> non-working merging feature that was corrected in the 3.5M3).
>>
>> The mirroring works fine (still not using the merging, though).  But
>> there's a problem : when I add the mirrored repository URL to my eclipse
>> installation where I deleted all other repositories entries, I always end up
>> having many repositories listed from the net.
>>
>> The thing is: in the end, we wan't our developers to declare a unique
>> Eclipse P2 repository that they'll use to update or install "supported"
>> software... And at the moment, they could download it from the net directly
>> and obtain a version we didn't test...
>>
>> I guess those URL comes from the already installed plugins/features. So,
>> how could we wipe them out, or ignore them or proxy them through our mirror
>> every necessary time (and stop new mirrors from appearing automatically in
>> the update interface...).
>>
>> Is this something considered possible with P2? If so, could you please let
>> me know how to do that?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Cheers.
>>
>> --
>> Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net
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>> Mangez un castor !
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