Re: [pde-build-dev] A question about map files

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Hallgren wrote on 12/01/2006 02:42:18 AM:

> The functionality now added that involves reading a PDE-style map
> directory was implemented as a special purpose provider. It is able
to 
> resolve the components that are listed in the map directory and will
> materialize differently depending on what it finds (.jar's are 
> "imported" into the workspace).

Should I assume here that this import is equivalent
to importing a binary plugin as a binary project?

> Another provider can be configured in the same
search path in order to 
> find pre-built binaries for all components should they exist. The
> question arises; where should it look for binaries? Do you envision
a 
> local (on your machine) cache, a common ftp/http site of some sort,
or 
> perhaps an update site?

All of the above.  Binaries may be in an Orbit
(for example) download site, some update site, in another eclipse install
on my machine, in a random directory on my machine, in a maven repo, in
an obr repo, ...  Of course, PDE does not support all of that but
a new and improved builds story would :-)

Jeff