Re: [m2e-dev] UpdateMavenProjectJob locking whole workspace, even while

[Anton Tanasenko <atg.sleepless@xxxxxxxxx>]

I did actually try to look into that some time ago. I might or might not be up for the task myself, but from what I understand from the current code, it looks like that will require quite a lot of changes.

Unless you or anyone else is willing enough to basically reimplement the whole update/refresh process taking into account certain limitations of eclipse (you can't change locks while the job runs, for instance), I think this will remain as is.

2015-08-31 17:38 GMT+03:00 Mickael Istria <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On 08/31/2015 04:29 PM, Anton Tanasenko wrote:

M2e reconsiders which additional projects need updating during the whole refresh job run. When a certain dependency is downloaded, all projects that depend on it are also added to the queue, widening the number of affected resources. Those projects could also cause download of other dependencies, etc. So downloads do not happen in one go.

But couldn't the workspace change (I don't know what they are actually, files in .settings I guess?) be applied after everything is downloaded? So during download, other operations (such as other builds, imports...) aren't stuck.

Also, If you drop the lock during download, editing some pom file at that time could cause partially misconfigured projects later on.

The job could check that and re-run the download/computation part before updating workspace.

If you have troubles with long update times between changing poms of different projects, I'd suggest turning workspace autobuild off, and back on after you've made all needed changes.

I've been using it quite a lot and the only thing I miss is some toolbar button to turn it on and off without using menu or hotkeys.

I'm not using UI, I'm using the API to implement an alternative import startegy.

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Regards,

Anton.