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Re: [platform-update-dev] Update action
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For now, we would advise against it. Installing features into a product is
a sensitive operation: an Eclipse plug-in is a perfect Trojan horse. When
the user does something seemingly useful, causing the plug-in to activate,
it can spawn a thread and do virtually anything on the local file system.
This is why we have a number of steps that include license agreement,
signature authentication and other security measures. Using low-level
Update APIs to go around most of these steps defeats the purpose and makes
you fully responsible for any ill effects that a newly installed feature
may cause.
As Peter pointed out, there is already a quick way to search and find new
updates.
Regards,
Dejan Glozic, Ph.D.
Manager, Eclipse Platform Components
D2/MY7/8200/MKM
IBM Canada Ltd.
Tel. 905 413-2745 T/L 969-2745
Fax. 905 413-4854
Peter
Manahan/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA To: platform-update-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent by: cc:
platform-update-dev-admin@ Subject: Re: [platform-update-dev] Update action
eclipse.org
04/03/2003 12:37 PM
Please respond to
platform-update-dev
You can add an update url to the feature. Once the feature is installed
Help->Software Updates->New Updates should find updates to the feature.
Peter
Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:26 PM
To: <platform-update-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
cc:
From: "Mihnea Galeteanu" <mgaleteanu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [platform-update-dev] Update action
Hi,
I want to implement an update action and basically alow the user to skip a
few steps when they want to update a certain feature i;ve implemented. My
action would be similar to what happens after you've selected a new
bookmark, you';ve opened a feature to update from that site and clicked on
update now. All these steps would have to occur when the user clicks on an
action called "Synchronize" for example. Is there an easy way to do this or
do i have to look through the update code.
Mihnea Galeteanu
Software developer co-op, Research and Development
FreeBalance Inc.
www.FreeBalance.com
T (613) 236-5150 ext.375
F (613) 236-8405
mgaleteanu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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