[sequoyah-dev] Question about the metadata generator tool

[<David.Dubrow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Question about the metadata generator tool

Hi guys,

I don’t have a feel for how the metadata generator tool is being used outside of Nokia SDKs. The tool has a dialog for each installable unit added to a repository. Each installable unit has a type which tells the installer to either unzip, execute or unzip and execute the artifact corresponding to the SDK being installed. I really have no idea whether this model is being used by other SDK vendors. After I stopped working on Pulsar 1.0, more code was added to allow eclipse features to be part of SDK installable units. The Nokia SDKs are basically provided as zipped up installers. The install step in Pulsar retrieves the archive, unzips it and executes the installer. There is no eclipse feature in the install package. Since this is the only model I have any real knowledge about, I don’t know how to ensure that my small change to the metadata generator tool is ok for the other SDK vendors. I have made the change to the tool locally, and tested it with our SDK packages, but wanted to see how to make sure I don’t break anyone else.