Re: [platform-releng-dev] Basebuilder / startup.jar?

[Kim Moir <Kim_Moir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is the web pages that describes
the changes to basebuilder.

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Platform-releng-basebuilder

The startup.jar is missing in the M5
version basebuilder because it doesn't exist anymore and we have updated
our scripts to accomodate this. 

The equinox launcher has been renamed
to  org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.jar
as a convenience factor for the platform releng team's scripts.  This
is similar to the case where have renamed org.eclipse.pde.build in basebuilder
so we don't have to update our scripts each time we update the version
of pde build.

Kim

"Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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02/28/2007 05:40 AM

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Hi releng team,

I have a question and a suggestion:

* How can I get informed about changes to the basebuilder,
  e.g. when a new milestone is frozen or new features are added?

* I noticed that with M5_33, startup.jar is gone and has been 
  replaced by plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.jar (which was
  sort of expected, the way that Platform M5 is).

Still, I think that for integrating the new Launcher into the 
Basebuilder, it would be better to keep the original version
associated with org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.qualifier.jar,
but check in a copy of the launcher (named startup.jar) into CVS.

That way,
- existing scripts which use startup.jar don't need to be modified
- the basebuilder is closer to the Platform because equinox.launcher
  shows what version it is

I think that the original issue why startup.jar was removed (i.e.
allowing the Platform to be updated through update manager) does
not apply to the basebuilder, since it is being updated out of 
cvs. Providing a startup.jar in the basebuilder would easily fix
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=167452
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=175537
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=167296

Note that the Equinox team recommends copying the equinox.launcher
into startup.jar in
  https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=173742

Cheers,
--
Martin Oberhuber
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
http://www.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm
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