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Re: [tycho-user] RFC and help wanted: Tycho POM Builder
Hi Tobias,

I was really enthusiastic about this project (picture a puppy running around) but your reaction sort of kills the discussion. All your comments are true I guess but what do you think about the plan? 

What do others think of it? 

To me, it seems that this project would be duplicating the functionality of the m2eclipse Tycho configurator [1]


Thanks for the pointer, I did not know this project. After scanning the sources, it looks like it is the reverse of my plan, namely, update the manifest from the pom. 

However, a round-trip change is a great idea.
  

In the light of sparse contributor capacities, I would strongly encourage you to not start yet another project, but rather try to contribute what is missing in the existing project.


True and worth to consider but what about the plan? 
 
Regards,

Wim

 

Regards

Tobias

 

 

[1] https://github.com/sonatype/m2eclipse-tycho

 

 

From: tycho-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tycho-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wim Jongman
Sent: Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2013 12:35
To: Tycho user list
Subject: [tycho-user] RFC and help wanted: Tycho POM Builder

 

Hi,

 

Building RCP applications with Tycho involves duplicating some information that is already defined in the MANIFEST and product configurations. 

 

This could be easily automated by using the Eclipse builder technology.

 

 

What is the idea

The idea is to create a special nature for Tycho projects, the pombuilder nature, that will play in the Eclipse build framework. 

 

The builder will watch changes in the RCP specific files and update/create the pom.xml automatically.

 

Think of synchronizing version number, changing the parent pom, adding modules, etc..

 

Current Progress

The pombuilder nature can now be set on a plugin project and will react on changes in the MANIFEST. Based on the information in the manifest, the pom will be created or updated. The flesh is in the Visitor class [1]

 

 

RFC and Help Wanted

First I want to know if this is something worth wile so I am solliciting here for comments and ideas. Next, if all of this is positive, I am looking for a small team that can finish the builder and also people that will help test and define it's functionality   It is really not such a big project but I think it can be really helpful.

 

The project can then continue it's life as part of Tycho or PDE or just be a standalone app on marketplace.

 

 

Source and Update site

I have created the foundations of this technology [2].

 

There is already an update site for those who don't mind to look at ALPHA state [3]. 

 

Best regards,

 

Wim Jongman

 

 


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