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Hi, Most Eclipse projects have a download page where you can download their plugin as a package to install by extracting it to you Eclipse directory. I work a lot with integration builds, for which I try to keep a clean install when possible. Having a download available allows me to simply have all the plugins I want in a directory and install Eclipse by extracting all the archives. Currently each time I make a fresh installation of Eclipse, I have to go through the tedious process of installing Mylyn through the update manager. It'd be much simpler to have a downloadable archive (the update site archive file is not a real alternative, as it does not allow you to choose which components to download, and automatically gives you the SDK rather than allowing for only a runtime version to be installed). Some examples of download sites of other plugins: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/dltk/downloads/ http://www.eclipse.org/gef/downloads/ http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/downloads/ These sites seem to be automatically generated. Would it be possible for Mylyn to get a similar download site? Regards, Marijn.
That sounds like a good idea. Marijn, can you describe what granularity of download you would expect? Since we have many different features I am not sure if it's sensible to provide a separate archive for every feature. I have also put this on the agenda for an upcoming conference call to get input from other Mylyn developers.
Thank you for your positive response :). Personally, I think offering a seperate download for each feature would be the best choice, as people can have full control over which features they want and which they don't want. This could be supported by three bundles which would correspond to the currently available core, extras and incubator update sites, for those who do not know which to choose or maybe do not want to choose. This is more or less the way the DLTK project has handled their download page. For me personally however, I would already be happy to see just the three bundles. Getting rid of the hassle to have to use the update manager each time is my primary concern. Having a couple extra features installed, I otherwise would not have installed, is not that of a big deal. Regards, Marijn.
*** Bug 279769 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I believe mylyn should provide sdk and runtime zips of the current development version. The main consumers are developers (integrators), since they often need to work with most recent builds. Also zips would be used in the automated build system, to build integration plugins.
Mylyn has been restructured, and our issue tracking has moved to GitHub [1]. We are closing ~14K Bugzilla issues to give the new team a fresh start. If you feel that this issue is still relevant, please create a new one on GitHub. [1] https://github.com/orgs/eclipse-mylyn
