Re: [p2-dev] Issue running p2 director

[James D Miles <jdmiles@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I also think the category is a good abstraction. If the category is created with the idea of possibly installing whatever may be under it what is wrong with that? However if there is a better way to do this then I would use that.



Daniel Jacobowitz ---09/14/2009 11:52:53 AM---On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:07:47AM -0400, Pascal Rapicault wrote: >

From:	Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@xxxxxxxxx>
To:	P2 developer discussions <p2-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	09/14/2009 11:52 AM
Subject:	Re: [p2-dev] Issue running p2 director
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:07:47AM -0400, Pascal Rapicault wrote:
> 
> The short answer is no. There is no mechanism to install all the elements
> found in a category and there is no problem with the EMF repo.

I've found that installing a category IU using the director does
pretty much what you'd expect.  But it looks to me like it's a bug
rather than a feature that this works; when you click on a category in
the UI, the category's IU is not installed, only its children.  When
you install a category using the director, the category IU is
installed.

IMO it would be helpful if the director let you install a category,
in the same way as the UI.  Whether that means both install the
category IU or neither does, I don't know.

It may not be helpful with the categories presented by the eclipse.org
update sites, but it's helpful with the categories we present in our
product.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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