Re: [xtext-dev] MWE/Xpand tooling

[Peter Friese <peter.friese@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jan.

I suppose
> 	Eclipse SDK 2.4.1
is meant to be EMF SDK 2.4.1?

Peter

On 12.02.2009, at 11:55, Jan Köhnlein wrote:

> I use
>
> Eclipse Galileo M5
>
> Installed via update site:
> 	MWE M5 0.7.0.v2009020600620
> 	Xpand Interim 0.7.0.v200902120614
> 	Eclipse SDK 2.4.1
> 	EMF Compare 0.8.1.v200809170822
> 	UML2 End User Features 2.2.1.v200805131030
>
> Installed in the dropins folder:
> 	antlr.zip 10.02.2009 from http://ftp.itemis.de/files/xtext/antlr.zip
>
> And the current Xtext PSF
>
> We definitely need an update site for the itemis xtext AntLR plugin  
> (antlr.zip) for easier installation version management.
>
> Best regards
> Jan
>
>
> Am 12.02.2009 um 16:27 schrieb Peter Friese:
>
> > All,
> >
> > given all the hassle we had with the PSFs and given that we want to  
> > eat our own dog food (i.e. Xpand, MWE), I suggest we try to  
> > coordinate work on this a bit.
> >
> > Here are a few things that came to my mind:
> > 1) we need to define a workbench setup, i.e.
> > a) which version of Eclipse we use to develop on
> > b) how to integrate our dogfood into the development workbench (use  
> > p2 update site, download as zip, which versions do we use)
> >
> > 2) this configuration and the setup process should be documented in  
> > the wiki. We already have a page for that, however it is a bit  
> > outdated
> >
> > 3) we need to make sure the PSFs work reliably. Jan's tool is one  
> > step in this direction. However I guess we need to test the PSFs  
> > each time we change them significantly.
> >
> > This might sound like a lot of work, but I guess we need to do that  
> > in order to have a reliable work environment. Eventually, it will  
> > save us time.
> >
> > I am willing to work on this, however, I need some input regarding  
> > (1).
> >
> > More comments below.
> >
> > On 12.02.2009, at 04:02, Jan Köhnlein wrote:
> >
> > > AFAIK, all builds have to be manually "promoted" to be available  
> > > as an update site.
> > >
> > > Thanks for caring for the docs. BTW they could need some rework,  
> > > They're still referring to the oAW way of doing. E.g., is there  
> > > still a way to have shortened names "oaw.XmiWriter" as class names  
> > > in MWE configs?
> >
> > You're right. I am filing a bug as we're talking. I guess it would  
> > be good to have a thorough look at the documentation as soon as we  
> > have the Eclipse 3.5M5 Xtext distro Patrick is working on. However,  
> > in the meantime, let's collect things we need to look at (such as  
> > the shortcut name Jan mentioned). Here is the link to the bug: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=264702
> >
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