RE: [platform-update-dev] Update action

["Mihnea Galeteanu" <mgaleteanu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Even if both the plugin and the feature are mine? I don't need to skip
the licence agreement and such...but I need a shortcut to start the
update of my respective feature...what happens in the update process can
stay (i.e. checking for licences, etc)...but I need this shortcut to
there...
PS:New updates did never work for me for any features I have...i need to
create a new bookmark site and do the update from there, so the new
updates is ovbously not an option

-----Original Message-----
From: Dejan Glozic [mailto:dejan@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:51 PM
To: platform-update-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [platform-update-dev] Update action


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



 

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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


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