[news.eclipse.platform.rcp] Re: deployment and update of eclipse RCP bas

["Philippe Ombredanne" <pombredanne@xxxxxxxx>]

"Martin" <testrot@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 1)What kind of support is currently available (planned for the future) for
> delivering eclipse RCPs based applications without the need for installing
> eclipse manually. It seems the developer has to make a lot of error prone
> work to create something like a deliverable and selfinstalling
application.
> I have something in mind similar to the webstart technologie for the
> eclipse RCP.
Webstart is supported at least in 3.1.

> 2)What about an update function working tranparently in the background and
> notifying the user if an update is available leaving the choice to install
> the update or not to the user? Which update support is available today?
> It all boils down to the question of how high the administration costs are
> if you choose to deliver an eclipse RCP based application. In my opinion
> this is a vital point for the success of any RCP.
Supported through the update manager. Not perfect but OK.

Did you play with the latest 3.1 milestones to see what can be done?