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Bug 148914

Summary: "Select Required" doesn't fix GMF dependency
Product: [Eclipse Project] Platform Reporter: Nick Boldt <nboldt>
Component: Update (deprecated - use Eclipse>Equinox>p2)Assignee: Cross-Project issues <cross-project.inbox>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: gmf.releng-inbox
Version: 3.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows XP   
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Description Nick Boldt CLA 2006-06-27 19:51:03 EDT 
Using Eclipse Version: 3.2.0, Build id: M20060609-1217, I get another 'Select Required' problem, this time with GMF.

Steps to reproduce:

1. download eclipse-platform-M20060609-1217-win32.zip
2. unpack
3. run eclipse.exe
4. Help > Software Updates > Find and install...
5. Search for new features to install
6. [x] Callisto Discovery Site and [x] The Eclipse Project Updates
7. pick Callisto Discovery Site (that is, the main mirror)
8. expand Callisto Discovery Site
9. expand Models and Model Development
10. pick Graphical Modeling Framework (Callisto Edition) 1.0.0.v20060609-1400
11. click 'select required' - GEF will be selected (among other things)

However, I still get this error:

Graphical Modeling Framework (Callisto Edition) (1.0.0.v20060609-1400) requires feature "org.eclipse.gef (3.2.0)", or later version.

This sounds a lot like an error we used to get for EMF. See bug 131807.
Comment 1 Nick Boldt CLA 2006-06-27 20:09:43 EDT 
12. after restarting, I was able to install Graphical Modeling Framework (Callisto Edition) 1.0.0.v20060609-1400

Still, this is a usability issue as not everyone will have the patience (or forethought?) to install prereqs (eg., EMF, GEF, JDT) then try to install higher-level projects (like GMF) thereafter. Might be worth seeing if this happens when you start with the full 123M Eclipse SDK instead of just the 35M base platform install.
Comment 2 Nick Boldt CLA 2006-06-27 20:24:44 EDT 
Further...

1. download eclipse-SDK-M20060609-1217-win32.zip (the full 123M SDK, not the 35M platform)
2. - 11. (as above)

This time, no error when clicking 'Select Required'.
Comment 3 Nick Boldt CLA 2006-07-07 16:21:53 EDT 
I notice too that if you go to the callisto site and select "I build plugins...", you're told to start with the SDK, not the Platform Runtime... so perhaps this is a WORKSFORME?

http://www.eclipse.org/callisto/plugin-dev.php

Then again, the other starting point 'Customize Your Callisto Experience', suggests you can start from the Platform Runtime:

http://www.eclipse.org/callisto/custom.php

So, maybe not. Comments?
Comment 4 David Williams CLA 2006-08-02 00:54:19 EDT 
I think these "select required" problems belong in update proper. I think there's several there allready. 

In some cases, I think the features don't spec things in the right way, but in other cases, its due to update manager, I believe.
Comment 5 Branko Tripkovic CLA 2006-08-29 18:39:27 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 148038 ***
Comment 6 Branko Tripkovic CLA 2006-08-29 18:43:57 EDT 
wrong duplicate number
Comment 7 Branko Tripkovic CLA 2006-08-29 18:45:36 EDT 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 147051 ***