Our p2 based on installer suffered performance issue when querying IUs from repositories. Though the repositories have a large number of IUs to be queried, but we find the performance of using QL is unacceptable in some special scenarios. I published several different methods to find the expected IUs. Thomas pointed …
Read MoreI implemented the replication tool at the end of 2009, then published it to Eclipse Marketplace in May 2010. However it's not pervasively used due to users have to install that plug-in firstly. I searched a similar request on bugzilla, then I initialized my contribution in the early of this year. Finally it was …
Read MoreRecently our installer met a strange bug, it didn't uninstall all legacy bundles after updating to new version. Finally I found it's due to a magic fragment is missing in the profile due to some causes. installBundle(bundle:${artifact}) uninstallBundle(bundle:${artifact}) setStartLevel(startLevel:4); It …
Read MoreYou would see some interesting properties at the bottom of eclipse's profile. For example, It attaches a property named 'org.eclipse.equinox.p2.internal.inclusion.rules' with value 'STRICT' on the IU 'org.eclipse.sdk.ide' with version 3.6.1.M20100909-0800. It's a very important property for the p2 engine. It means …
Read MoreI wrote a plug-in to simplify the process to install the same plug-ins in different platform or different workstation. Anyone is interested in it, pls follow below guide to freely use it. http://code.google.com/p/kane-toolkit/wiki/P2Replication Enjoy it.
Read MoreLearn p2 step by step Kane Learn P2 step by step p2 concept p2 install p2 install practice p2 repository publish customized p2 touchpoint p2 repository publish practice Example Code Reference p2 concept 首先来理解p2引入的几个概念[1] p2 / Agent The provisioning infrastructure on client machines Installable Unit (IU) …
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