Re: [platform-update-dev] Install / Update 3.0 with Eclipse 2.1 is it po

["Dorian Birsan" <birsan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bhavin, this list is primarily for discussing
the update component requirements/design/implementation/etc. and would
appreciate any contributions you can provide.
For user questions, you may want to
post your questions on the eclipse.platform newsgroup, some other users
may have run into similar scenario and can help you.

Anyway, see some answers below, enclosed
by <db></db>

-Dorian

"bhavin  raichura" <bhavin_r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-update-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx 08/05/2003 11:04 PM Please respond to platform-update-dev

To:        platform-update-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx         cc:                 Subject:        [platform-update-dev] Install / Update 3.0 with Eclipse 2.1 is it possible ?

Hi,

Thanks Dorian Birsan for your reply to my earlier questions. I 
still have few more about how can I plug 3.0 Install / Update 
functionality on Eclipse 2.1.

1. Can I use Eclipse 3.0 Install / Update Plugins with Eclipse 2.1 
setup ? If yes, What all steps I have to follow ? If this is 
possible anyway (even if it requires some effort) I want to do 
this thing only rather than migrating to 3.0 M2

<db>
We have not put 3.0 update into the eclipse 2.1, so
I can't really provide steps to follow. This would be your own investigation/experimentation
with it and there is no guarantee things would work. 
All the update plugins start with org.eclipse.update.*
You'll probably have to modify the platform feature
to include the appropriate version of the plugins.
One things is for sure, the org.eclipse.update.scheduler
will not work in 2.1, but you can remove it and don't get the automatic
update functionality (although it looks like that's what you're after).
</db>

2. Eclipse 3.0 Install / Update Automatic Updates upon startup 
functionality does it checks for:

      a) New Installable Plugins available on site
      b) Updates for already installed Plugins

<db>
Update only observes changes in the feature versions,
not plugin. Feature are the unit of deployment and install.
Depending on how you set the automatic updates, the
check is done upon startup or at a predefined time interval.
Only currently installed features are checked against
those available on the update site; new features are not reported, you
have to run the install wizard (Help->Sofware Updates->Find and Install..)
to install other features.
</db>

3. Is there any good documentation even draft is fine somewhere 
other than re-design html on Eclipse 3.0 Install / Update feature 
?

<db>
Take a look at help that comes with eclipse (Help
-> Help Contents) and on the update development page at :
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-update-home/dev.html
</db>

4. Since I can not connect to internet from eclipse IDE...How can 
I check the Install / Update 3.0 Auto Update feature ? I have 
tried to put just the site.xml file on Tomcat and changed the 
version number of one plugin from 3.0.0 to 3.1.1 (compatible mode) 
but While startup it was not detected. Do I need to put features / 
plugin folders with jars in it on Tomcat along with site.xml or 
just putting site.xml should solve the problem...

<db>
Please read the documentation (see above) for how
to deploy features. You can use PDE to create features and deploy them
on a local site (no web server needed, just straight from the file system).
<db>

Thanks in advance.
Bhavin Raichura



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