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Re: [phoenix-dev] Re: First steps towards a better eclipse.org website

Jochen Krause wrote:
However, that would require running Java on our servers and the infrastructure team needs to step up for this (scalability tests beforehand are mandatory).
  
It's good this comes up now.  We're in the process of provisioning the new AMD servers that we got, so we definitely have the power to get fancy.  As soon as you have more (quantitative) details, such as hints on RAM requirements or working prototypes, please let me know.


Jochen


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From: phoenix-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:phoenix-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne Beaton
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:46 PM
To: For developers on the new Eclipse.org website project.
Subject: Re: [phoenix-dev] Re: First steps towards a better eclipse.org website

It should be relatively easy to make a customized p2-based installer that lets the user pick a configuration (with fancy graphics). We can probably even ask the user if they want to participate in the UDC as part of an installer as well.

Wayne

On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 09:18 -0700, Ian Bull wrote:
  
There is a recent discussion of the installer on the Eclipse-dev list, 
and I was thinking maybe we can use p2 to help with the complexity of 
our website.  This thread started because: "there are 10's of projects 
and 100's of download options at eclipse".

I wonder if a standard installer can help here.  I know the current 
installer is just meant to get a particular version of the Eclipse 
SDK, but now with p2, it should be possible to have a 1 download 
solution for everything at Eclipse.

The download would be an installer, configured with a "standard tab" 
and "advanced tab".  The standard tab would have the different EPP versions:
1 big button to get C/C++, J2EE, Modeling, Run-Time,  etc... On the 
"advanced tab", a user can pick and choose the exact packages they 
want (and p2 can sort out the dependencies).

I am posting this here (instead of eclipse-dev) as I don't want to 
derail the discussion around the shape of 3.4, and this is *not* 
something to consider for 3.4.  But in the long term, if we re-think 
the way we ship Eclipse it may make our website easier to navigate.

Just an idea.

Ian


Bjorn Freeman-Benson wrote:
    
Ian,
First, I just wanted to have parallel wording between the "users" 
and "adopters" - I (personally) think we don't give adopters enough 
credit at Eclipse. Hence my desire to see a parallel construct.

Second, there's a different between "an information source" and 
"make it easy". Make it easy implies a more proactive approach: we 
could provide tools for projects that help the projects make it 
easier for adopters (e.g. a way for adopters to register the APIs 
that they use so that the projects know which are the most important 
APIs), things that aren't just "information"...  Anyway, that's my thought.

- Bjorn
      
 I was thinking my second bullet would cover this point.  The goal 
being to be an information source for anyone to use and adopt Eclipse
technology.   Or do you think it is sufficiently different to make 
them separate?

 

        
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