[wtp-dev] WTP update site

[Jeffrey Liu <jeffliu@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

We'll need an update site when WTP 0.7
goes out the door. I have created an Ant script that semi-automates the
creation of the update site. I would like to get your feedbacks on this.
Here's how it works. Say you want to generate an update site for RC1, you
would run the following command:

ant -DbuildType=S -DbuildId=0.7RC1 -Dtimestamp=200507150303

This will produce a zip file with site.xml
and all the update jars in it. By default, the generated update jars will
have a 4th digit version in them. Therefore, we can have milestone updates
or even integration build updates. For updates between releases (0.7, 1.0,
1.5 and etc...). You would run the following command instead:

ant -DbuildType=<type> -DbuildId=<id>
-Dtimestamp=<timestamp> -skip4thPart

This will generate update jars without
the 4th digit version.

After the zip file is created, we need
to manually upload and unzip it to the download server. For release updates,
unzip it to "webtools/updates". For milestone updates, unzip
it to "webtools/updates-milestones". The release update site
will be the one that we tell the end users to use (docs, update manager
and etc...). The milestone update site will be there for users who like
to stay up-to-date with the latest milestone builds. Also, I suggest we
do not support the scenario where a user wants to update from a milestone
driver to a release driver (ex. 0.7RC1 to 0.7). This is because I can't
think of anyways to make the version work (0.7.0.RC1 is considered more
recent than 0.7.0). That's it for building the update site. Now to use
it, you point Eclipse's update manager to either:

http://update.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/site.xml

or

http://update.eclipse.org/webtools/updates-milestones/site.xml

Right now, the first update site is
empty because 0.7 is not released yet. The second update site is loaded
with RC1. Therefore, if you point your update manager to the second update
site, you will be able to update your WTP driver to RC1. Comments/Suggestions?

Thanks,

Jeffrey Liu
IBM Rational Software - Performance Analyst
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