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

["Oberhuber, Martin" <Martin.Oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this is an interesting topic.

I guess my first question here is, why can't I install something
that I can't run. As an admin of a large Eclipse installation 
used on multiple hosts, I might want to run on a Linux host but 
install something that can only run on Windows.

I believe that the p2 director can perform such cross-platform
installs, why can't the UI also do it? Perhaps issuing a warning
rather than an error?

Thanks,
--
Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Wind River
direct +43.662.457915.85  fax +43.662.457915.6

-----Original Message-----
From: cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Andrew Overholt
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:43 PM
To: Cross project issues
Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] Re: Platform-specific features

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
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