RE: [wtp-dev] WTP feature/plugin versioning

["Philippe Ombredanne" <pombredanne@xxxxxxxxx>]

Note that I filled a bug for the platform on that topic:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=99393
Let's lobby for this to be addressed at the platform level too.
-- 
Cheers
Philippe

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wtp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:wtp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Max Rydahl Andersen
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:04 AM
> To: General discussion of project-wide or architectural issues.
> Subject: Re: [wtp-dev] WTP feature/plugin versioning
> 
> 
> 
> > Let's say we did increment the version number between 
> milestone builds,
> > wouldn't you run into the same problem with prereqs?
> 
> Probably, but I take one battle at the time here ,)
> Making WTP do it can make it spread to others.
> 
> And right now I have some prereq besides WTP (e.g. GEF and 
> Draw2D) and  
> they seem
> much more stable, so not the biggest problem (but a problem 
> nevertheless)
> 
> > An alternative way to tackle this problem is to insert the 4th digit
> > version number when you build your update site. Eclipse has a
> > (unsupported) tool that helps you do this. If you want to 
> take a look at
> > this tool, let me know, I'll send it to you. But then 
> again, we still  
> > have
> > to deal with the prereqs, which have not updated their versions.
> 
> Which unsupported tool ?
> 
> -max
> 
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeffrey Liu
> > IBM Rational Software - Performance Analyst
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> > "Max Rydahl Andersen" <max.andersen@xxxxxxxxx>
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> > 06/10/2005 08:27 AM
> > Please respond to
> > "General discussion of project-wide or architectural issues."
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> > Subject
> > Re: [wtp-dev] WTP feature/plugin versioning
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > It is also not just an update site issue, it is also a major
> > pain to identify library conflicts if users upgrade/install
> > via a normal download.
> >
> > And its also a major issue to sync up projects that uses 
> WTP plugins -
> > no way to see what version they are using by manual 
> inspection, trial and
> > error...
> >
> > If the minor version number were incremented (which in my 
> view make sense
> > since something really has changed and been released) then these
> > integration
> > issues will be alot less painfull - and WTP would get 
> adapted quicker.
> >
> > -max
> >
> >> It seems that version numbers aren't being updated for 
> major milestones,
> >
> >> and this is causing a major problem for our update site 
> (where we have
> >> multiple plugins dependant on multiple milestones of webtools).
> >>
> >> Is there any hope of getting correct version numbering for upcoming
> >> milestone builds?
> >>
> >> We've opened a bug here:
> >> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=99338
> >>
> >
> >
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