Re: [platform-update-dev] Where to start/ How to help

[Christophe Elek <celek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James,
Welcome to the fantastic world of eclipse
update :)

You are not the only one who wants this
feature. They way we designed it (which may be review) is to have the authentication/list
of plugin at the server level
I believe I created (long time ago)
a secure servlet that would return a modified site.xml which would only
list available features for this user

Now, what exact scenario do you want
to achieve ? 
Do you want a generic workbench
I one person logs in you want the appropriate
plugins to be loaded , and new one to be installed right ?
If so, I believe we have the infrastructure
(which also can be reviewed)

Licensing is another issue, but if it
is done at the server level it may be achievable

So, in a nutshell, let us know the scenario,
then we can discuss the update strategy and work with Equinox/platform
core for the plugin loading strategy and licensing features

Let us know :)

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  Christophe Elek
IBM Software Group - Toronto Lab
Technical Team Lead - Cross product Tech Support
Cross components problem resolution specialist
Eclipse.org - Platform Core development
Phone: 905-413-3467 T/L: 969-3467 Toll Free: 1-800-IBM-SERV
Email: celek@xxxxxxxxxx

"James D Carroll" <jamesdcarroll@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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02/11/2005 07:38 AM

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I've read just about every article I can find about
the update portions of
Eclipse and downloaded the source from CVS. There's a particular feature
that I'd like to see update have but can't seem to find how to achieve
it
and would be VERY interested in making it a reality.

Baiscally it would involve the ability to create a 'login' page that accepts
user and password. The update manager then would contact the update site
and
get the list of plugins that person should have, download new versions
if
needed, and delete any that they shouldn't have.

I think that this would be very useful in a business world by allowing
for
not only the role based distribution of plugins, but for centralized
liscensing management.

Thanks. I really hope that I can hope make this a reality if it already
isn't.

James
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