[wtp-dev] Initial JST componentization released for I-builds -- Clarifyi

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Since our builds are getting ahead of
my documentation :) 
I thought I'd at least clarify quickly
in a note, my understanding of 
our current feature.xml structure. 


In addition to the previously mentioned
"component features" .... all in some <component>/features
directory in CVS, 
there are still important ones in wst
and jst/assembly directories. 

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Two are "plugins" that, in
Eclipse terminology, are "product plugins". 
As far as I know, these serve little
role, except 
        currently
capabilities are defined there (I'm not sure that'll always be true?).

        I
think, I've heard, these are what determines what "shows up"
in update manager. 
        anything
else? 

org.eclipse.jst
org.eclipse.wst

= = = = = = = = = = = = 

Plus, there are the following "assembly"
features .. which really do just 
"assemble" the components
into the jst and wst "products". 

org.eclipse.jst.feature
org.eclipse.jst.sdk
org.eclipse.jst.tests

org.eclipse.wst.feature
org.eclipse.wst.sdk
org.eclipse.wst.tests.feature

= = = = = = = = = = = = 

There are several "doc" features
which will eventually be used to enable "stand alone" doc builds.

The docs are normally included in their
component features, but these "doc features" are just a 
convenient assembly mechanism and will
likely be used someday to produce docs for the "web info center",

possibly even outside a normal "release"
date. 

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As always .. I write these long notes
so everyone can point out my errors :)