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Bug 313575

Summary:	consolidate common package characteristics
Product:	[Technology] EPP	Reporter:	Markus Knauer <mknauer>
Component:	package content	Assignee:	Markus Knauer <mknauer>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	mknauer
Version:	1.3.0
Target Milestone:	1.3.0 RC1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:	303273, 313894
Bug Blocks:	313169

Description Markus Knauer

2010-05-19 12:50:39 EDT

With more and more packages it is necessary to define a common feature and a common bundle that allows to define dependencies and properties that are the same in all packages in a single place. This will make it easier to maintain the package configurations and will help to keep them consistent where necessary.

The first changes will be to move the EPP UDC and the EPP MPC configuration of all packages into this common feature/bundle combination. Over time, more and more things will follow.

Comment 1 Markus Knauer

2010-05-22 05:57:22 EDT

The RCP/RAP package in Helios RC1 implemented the following consolidation:

- <import feature="org.eclipse.epp.usagedata.feature"/>
- <import feature="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.discovery.feature"/>
- <import feature="org.eclipse.epp.mpc"/>
+ <import feature="org.eclipse.epp.package.common.feature"/>
      
For Helios RC2 I will update all other packages accordingly.

Comment 2 Markus Knauer

2010-05-22 06:19:00 EDT

Adjusted all p2.inf files:

* removed sections where we add (and remove) the EPP p2 repository URLs - it is now linked from the main Helios repo (see bug 303273 and bug 313894)
* *if* we every need to define this repo again, we would do it in the common feature

Comment 3 Markus Knauer

2011-05-20 11:29:50 EDT

Since Helios there is a common feature org.eclipse.epp.package.common.feature that is included in *all* packages.
This feature is responsible for pulling in

* the EPP UDC and
* the MPC

This will stay the same in Indigo, but with one small change: In Helios it was necessary to add other marketplaces via extension points which was done by an additional bundle. This additional bundle could be removed since EPP MPC switched to a dynamic configuration of marketplaces by contacting a web service.

Closing this bug as FIXED.