Re: [platform-update-dev] Question about update on multi-user systems

["Matt Ryan" <mryan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I've opened https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=133036.


>>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at  7:01 AM, in message
<OF1BE3B17A.3CB36AD3-ON8525713F.004BE71C-8525713F.004CFB4B@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> Matt, 
> 
> This is an excellent usecase and would be very interesting to
support. 
> Mechanically we are there today but the workflow is likely less than

> optimal.  When you run Eclipse you run "configurations" (or lists) of

> plugins.  These can be in many different locations.  If each user has

> their own configuration (read list) then they are free to update it
as 
> they choose.  They can then of course download/install new features
to 
> their configuration and place them where they want.  We have a notion
of 
> shared or parented configurations that is intended to play in this
area 
> but has not been driven home throughout Update.  Under this model
there is 
> one central configuraiton and each user configuration adds some 
> information and points to the shared one for the defaults.
> 
> Could you open a bug report detailing the usecase (as you did below)
so 
> what we don't lose the information or forget?
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
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> "Matt Ryan" <mryan@xxxxxxxxxx> 
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> 03/21/2006 10:27 AM
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> [platform- update- dev] Question about update on multi- user systems
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> 
> Hello,
>  
> I have a question about Eclipse update on multi- user systems, like
Linux.
>  
> The essence of the question is this:  As we know, Eclipse comes with
a 
> built- in update mechanism.  There is also the ability to set up
extension 
> locations, additional places where Eclipse looks for plugins.
> My question:  Has there been any consideration to tying some of this

> functionality together so that users of Eclipse on a multi- user
system can 
> use the update mechanism to install plugins without effecting the
system 
> installation?
>  
> Here's a typical use case on Linux.  Eclipse on Linux may be
installed in 
> a centralized location (/usr/share/eclipse on our SUSE Linux
platform) 
> instead of inside a user's home directory.  This way, every user on
the 
> system can run Eclipse from that one installation.  However, this
poses 
> two problems.  1) Most users may not have appropriate permission to
write 
> to the installation location, so Eclipse update will not work for
them. 2) 
> Even if they can write there, they may not want to because perhaps
not 
> every user on the system wants to have the same plugins.  3) The
extension 
> location option is available to them, but this is not user- specific
-  
> meaning, Eclipse doesn't use different extension locations for
different 
> users running on the same system (or if it does I missed it
somehow).
>  
> What are your thoughts on this?
> 
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