Re: [vtp-dev] vtp build system

[Trip Gilman <trip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would recommend that we get a provisional PDE based build up and running
for integration/nightly builds.  Once this is available, I'd love to move
down the road of helping the new project out however we can.

In regards to the manual vs. automated building, I think we need to support
both.  The automated build is something that is required of our project if
we were to chose to mature into either a top level project or migrate into
one of the other existing projects.  It can also be leveraged to perform
some rudimentary integration testing (with the expansion of our test cases).

The manual process is still important as this project is designed to be
extended by others at every level of the architecture.  They will need to be
able to build easily and quickly from the Eclipse UI.  We should try to keep
this as simple a procedure as possible.

Adam,
    If you would like to submit your skeleton build as a Bugzilla entry, I'd
be willing to extend committer rights to you so you can continue its
development.  I'd also task you as the liaison for our project to the releng
committies and projects.

Trip Gilman


On 10/22/08 9:26 AM, "Adam Berry" <aberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would say I'm cautiously optimistic about that their progress, we will
> know more after the workshop. It would be nice to be able to contribute
> through testing with this new project, but if that looks like too much
> we could stay with a straight PDE build system.
> 
> I already have a skeleton pde build project setup, that could be
> leveraged. Either way this is something I could help out with, as I
> already know my way around PDE build.
> 
> When you say you do not see the need for a build system do you mean just
> this common build infrastructure? Of course using the eclipse pde UI is
> an option, but an automated setup has a lot of benefits over manually
> building in the UI.
> 
> Adam
> 
> Dirk Schnelle-Walka wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> as far as I can see they are still fighting for a common standard. Am I
>> wron at this point? So using that upcoming build system would be nice
>> since it helps that project to get started, but it also means to have a
>> lot of more work.
>> 
>> Currently I do not see the need for the build system until it has
>> reached a point where it really can be used. An immediate alternative to
>> their approach is to use the built-in support of eclipse.
>> 
>> ~dirk
>> 
>>   
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> I notice that there is no build setup for the vtp project. I have some
>>> previous experience of release engineering with pde build and would be
>>> happy to help put such a system together.
>>> 
>>> It also seems like the timing is good, given
>>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/Build_Workshop_3:_Build_Hard_With_A_Purpose, we
>>> should have a pretty big leg up, and an opportunity to help with the
>>> initial community work on this common build infrastructure.
>>> 
>>> Adam Berry
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