[news.eclipse.tools.buckminster] Don't know how to materialize a test en

["Tas Frangoullides" <tfrangoullides@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I'm trying to add testing to my buckminster build for an RCP product. I 
figured the following would be good steps to perform after building the 
product site.

Install the product from the newly created site using headless director
Install Eclipse Test Framework into the product
Install Test Plugins into the product
Run tests and collect results

This is proving quite tricky. The first issue is that the eclipse test 
framework has dependencies on bundles which are not in my product (such as 
org.hamcrest.core). As a temporary workaround I installed the 
org.eclipse.platform into the product just to see if I can get it working. 
The next problem is that I've only been able to find an archive version of 
the eclipse test framework and no update site and I don't know how to get 
director to install it.

I was wondering if I could use the p2 materializer to create the new test 
environement thinking this would be great if it worked becuase using 
buckminster would enable the test framework dependencies to also be 
resolved. This almost work in that the right plugins are copied across but 
they are not actually "installed" when the product is launched.

Johannes has a solution that work for him, building a seperate rcp product 
that includes the test dependencies. I'm thinking maybe I should do that, 
but I still have the problem of getting the eclipse test framework installed 
from a zip archive.

Thanks,
Tas