[cross-project-issues-dev] Re: Platform-specific features

[Andrew Overholt <overholt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Just to keep everyone in the loop, we (Linux Tools) have decided to keep
our os=linux filters for those features of ours that will only work on
Linux.  This means that users will not be able to install all of the
"Linux Tools" category in Helios but after RC1 they will get a nice
error message saying why (thanks to Pascal and Daniel of p2; I verified
that this works with the latest SDK I-build).

Is this okay with everyone?  The alternatives include:

a) removing the os= filter and letting people have features that will not
   work on non-Linux OSes
b) a) plus adding something like "Linux-only" to the Linux Tools
   category in Helios
c) keeping things the way they are now, letting users discover that they
   can't install everything in the repository

I appreciate your input.  Thanks,

Andrew