[news.eclipse.tools.buckminster] Re: Best way to include launchers in an

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Tas,

Tas Frangoullides wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Following the mailapp tutorial I've noticed that the 
> org.eclipse.equinox.executable needs to be included in the product 
> feature so that launchers are included when the product is created. You 
> don't need to do this when using the PDE build

That's actually a modified truth. If your objective is to create a repository from with the application can be installed 
onto more then one platform, then you must have the executable feature. If you don't, you can only create the 
application for the same platform as the one you're currently building from.

> and you actually get a 
> different product in terms of installed features. Also there is the bug 
> relating to icons. Is there a way to arrange the features or build so 
> that both PDE and Buckminster produce identical results?
Not at present. There's a bug in how the launcher is branded and my guess (unverified) is that the PDE build somehow 
cheats at the end to work around that bug. I haven't found any way to create the correct meta-data just yet. At present, 
you'll get two launchers every time. We're working on that.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren