Re: [platform-update-dev] Link File Status

[Dorian Birsan <birsan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat, check the mailing list archives,
there is discussion about the recommended way to use links. The topic was
"eclipse installation site types cleanup".
The short answer is links are not deprecated.


-Dorian

Pat McCarthy <patmc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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07/09/2004 08:51 AM

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Subject	[platform-update-dev] Link File Status

Link files still work, but we know the UI and the command API allow for
the same end result. 

Given the recent "deprecated" Q  I'll ask the same about
link files.  Is there use in 3.0 supported but deprecated or just
supported (implying it will be supported in 3.1). 

I've not seen anything in the doc that suggested link file deprecation,
in fact the "Product extensions" topic still highlights the use
of the link file vs the command API, so that may indicate the answer.

I ask as I've been leaning toward telling other teams not to use the link
file approach for new installers, as I thought you'd thought of it as deprecated....

Any guidance/attitude. 

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