[cross-project-issues-dev] Indigo M6 staging repository is done

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Please see/test the staging repo at 

http://download.eclipse.org/releases/staging/


The final EPP packages can be created
from that staging repo. 

But .... there was a small issue with
the last run.  The gyrex contribution, apparently, uses Java 6 to
do the pack200 step, so our aggregation build could not unpack some of
their pack.gz files  ... those that don't contain .class files. It
is a long story ... but I've long said after Helios SR2 was released, we
should move to Java 6 for our aggregation builds, to avoid this problem-which-is-not-a-problem
for Indigo. See 
Bug 340267
- Use Java 6 to run aggregation process. 

So ... unless I hear otherwise (quickly)
I think I'll try to make the Java 6 change now, and see if we get a green
run. But 
1) I'm sure there's lots that could
go wrong, just trying to change the build scripts to use Java 6, not to
mention just rebuilding, so it is not certain that this path will succeed,
and 
2) even if it does succeed, I do not
plan to promote the results to "staging" ... they should be exactly
the same, except for a few additional pack.gz files. So, I want to make
sure our current staging and EPP packages match, without risking some accidental
small change. 

Lastly, remember, we've said before
that the M6 repo will have to be "fresh", just M6 (not also M5)
since there are some features changing and some even "moving backwards"
in version numbering. (I'll tuck the M5 version away in a special place
... in case someone has an emergency need at EclipseCon ... but, the plan
for Friday is to switch /releases/indigo to be M6. 

Much thanks. Let us know if questions/problems.


Thanks,