[News.eclipse.technology.packaging] Re: Eclipse Install Manager

[Urs Reupke <ureupke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dan,

in response to Markus you wrote:
>  >   - Provide the user with a well known and easy to use mechanism for
>  >     installing: executable, start-up menu entries, ...

> Much of this is already part of the installer framework. We already have 
> platform-agnostic install operations (descriptions) that dynamically 
> morph to platform-specific behavior (behavior) when executed. For 
> example, the RegisterProductOperation is platform-agnostic, describing 
> the desire of the installer to register particular information about the 
> product. When the installer executes, it resolves this operation to 
> platform specific behavior such as updating the Windows registry, or 
> updating Linux directory structures according to Ready-for-Rational 
> Certification Specifications. Other platform specific behavior can be 
> added in a similar way.

I'm currently working on the basics of the eclipse installer.
To avoid reinventing the wheel, I'd like to come back to the Start Menu 
part of Markus' question: Does the installer framework as provided on 
your website include a pre-implemented step for any kind of start menu 
operation?

Regards
-Urs