Re: [tycho-user] How put generated resources files (txt, properties...)

["Oberlies, Tobias" <tobias.oberlies@xxxxxxx>]

See inline.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tycho-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tycho-user-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mikhail Kalkov
> Sent: Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2012 17:16
> To: Tycho user list
> Subject: Re: [tycho-user] How put generated resources files (txt,
> properties...) on update site?
> 
> Thanks for the correction regarding p2 repository content types, Pascal.
> If I understood correctly, once mentioned in build.properties, a text file
> will be packaged in a jar and information about it will be recorded in the
> artifact repository during the build, and at install time it will be
> automatically deployed. Is there a way to publish a text file directly
> into a p2 repository, e.g. by defining it as an independent IU in p2.inf
> file?

I am not aware of such a feature in p2, and it definitely doesn't exist in Tycho. This could be done, which would mean a new packaging type in Tycho. But the question is if this is really needed. For most people, attaching root files (i.e. arbitrary files anywhere, including the root, of an product installation) is sufficient. Can you not use feature root files?

> By the way, I've found this article informative when trying to understand
> this question: http://chamibuddhika.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/installing-
> configuration-files-with-p2-inf-feature-installation/
> 
> /Mikhail
> 
> P.S. Should this kind of questions be asked on the p2-dev mailing list
> since there is no p2-user one?

:-)  Yes, asking user questions on p2-dev is okay. I believe that we at Tycho are an exception that we have a "reseved" dev mailing list. But with this particular problem, I think tycho-users will be more helpful.


> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pascal Rapicault" <pascal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Tycho user list" <tycho-user@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:02:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [tycho-user] How put generated resources files (txt,
> 	properties...) on update site?
> 
> p2 will store and download anything as long as they are in a p2 artifact.
> 
> On 2012-10-16, at 4:15 AM, Mikhail Kalkov wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Eclipse update site is a p2 repository, which consists of three parts:
> > - content.xml (or .jar, aka metadata repository)
> > - artifacts.xml (or .jar, aka artifact repository)
> > - OSGI bundles
> >
> > I believe you cannot throw in random files into an update site, they
> have to be proper OSGI bundles and they have to be recorded both in the
> artifacts.xml and content.xml. You can, however, add a readme file if you
> want. Anyway, this has nothing to do with Maven or Tycho, and is a pure p2
> question (http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox/p2). I think that if you want to
> use a p2 repository as a general http server, you would be better off
> setting up a proper web site. Otherwise, you may find it good enough to
> package txt files as a part of your jars.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Mikhail Kalkov
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: e92-330cd@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: "Tycho user list" <tycho-user@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 9:26:55 AM
> > Subject: [tycho-user] How put generated resources files (txt,
> 	properties...) on update site?
> >
> > Hello,
> > we are building our product with tycho, and during build we generate
> some txt files. Than we would like to put the binary jars on the update
> site. To provide our product to someone else. But we need to provide also
> that generated txt files. Coz the other side, needs to read(access) that
> txt files.
> >
> > If there is another way how to share the generated files, i dont mind.
> Is it possible to use our local m2 repository, where will be stored the
> txt files?
> >
> > Please what is the proper steps to achieve that? Thank you
> > D.
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