[News.eclipse.technology.packaging] Re: Question to Dan - installers?

[Dan Rubel <dan_rubel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for the delay. After the conference call I realized the sorry state of the 
installer framework javadoc. We (Instantiations) use the installer to deliver 
all of our Eclipse based products, and ship it as part of our RCP Developer 
product for our customers to build installers. We have tutorials and web demos 
on how to quickly assemble an installer, but not the in-depth javadoc necessary 
to determine its suitability for EPP... so that's what I've been doing the past 
couple of days. There's more to document, but I'll let newsgroup questions drive 
what I need to document next.

The underlying question we (the Eclipse community) collectively are trying to 
answer is the suitability of this installer framework to satisfy the initial 
Eclipse installation experience as put forth by EPP. All questions, comments and 
suggestions are most welcome.

The updated installer framework API documentation will be part of the next RCP 
Developer beta, but you can start by reviewing the API online....

Installer Framework API docs
http://downloads.instantiations.com/RCPPackagerDoc/integration/latest/docs/html/reference/javadoc/overview-summary.html

... and if so desired download and install RCP Developer (which includes RCP 
Packager and the installer framework) and generate a Sample Installer to get a 
better feel for how it all hangs together...

RCP Developer
http://www.instantiations.com/rcpdeveloper/index.html

RCP Developer Download
http://www.instantiations.com/rcpdeveloper/download.html

Web demos showing RCP Packager in action... links near the bottom of this page
http://www.instantiations.com/rcpdeveloper/demos.html

Introduction to RCP Packager (tools to quickly generate a basic installer):
http://downloads.instantiations.com/RCPPackagerDoc/integration/latest/docs/html/gettingstarted/packager.html

Creating a Sample RCP Application...
http://downloads.instantiations.com/RCPPackagerDoc/integration/latest/docs/html/gettingstarted/GenSample.html

... and then Generating a basic installer for that Sample Application
http://downloads.instantiations.com/RCPPackagerDoc/integration/latest/docs/html/gettingstarted/GenInstaller.html


Henrik Lindberg wrote:
> Dan,
> in the conference call, we talked about the installers created by 
> Instantiation and the possibility that they might be of use in this project, 
> as well as used eleswehere with Eclipse technology as Buckminster. I am 
> really interested in learning more about the installers. Where can I read 
> more the installers?
>
> - henrik