299973 – Allow to import project set files and other files directly from HTTP URLs

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Bug 299973 - Allow to import project set files and other files directly from HTTP URLs

Summary: Allow to import project set files and other files directly from HTTP URLs

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 162608

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Team (show other bugs)
Version:	3.5.1
Hardware:	PC Windows XP

Importance:	P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Platform Team Inbox
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Reported:	2010-01-18 13:49 EST by Christian K.
Modified:	2010-01-19 05:11 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Christian K.

2010-01-18 13:49:47 EST

Build Identifier: M20090917-0800

In our project we encourage that every developer uses a standard project set file that's readily provided. Currently it is harder then necessary for new developers to "consume" the provided project set file, since he/she needs to safe the file to the local drive first before it can be imported.

It would be far more convenient if an HTTP URL to the file could be imported directly this would even fit nicely into the existing import dialog.

For example we keep our PSF file in our SVN repository which is HTTP accessible anyway and the PSF URL could just be pasted into the import dialog.

That way every new developer would safe one step when he wants to get more involved with a project. Simplifying this process has also been discussed lately in the Eclipse blogs. This would be one small simplification step.

By the way similarly other files necessary for RCP development should be importable from URLs, e.g. target definition files and launch configurations.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Christian K.

2010-01-18 13:52:17 EST

For target definiton files it gets even more inconvenient since as far as I know target definitoon fiels need to be checked out/imported into your workspace before they can referenced/used.

Comment 2 Remy Suen

2010-01-18 15:35:51 EST

(In reply to comment #0)
> It would be far more convenient if an HTTP URL to the file could be imported
> directly this would even fit nicely into the existing import dialog.
> 
> For example we keep our PSF file in our SVN repository which is HTTP accessible
> anyway and the PSF URL could just be pasted into the import dialog.

Sounds like you want bug 162608.

(In reply to comment #1)
> For target definiton files it gets even more inconvenient since as far as I
> know target definitoon fiels need to be checked out/imported into your
> workspace before they can referenced/used.

This sounds like a separate enhancement request for PDE.

Comment 3 Christian K.

2010-01-19 03:52:12 EST

Yes bug 162608 is what I want so this is a duplicate bug.

I will see if I will raise another PDE bug.

Comment 4 Tomasz Zarna

2010-01-19 05:11:37 EST

Marking as dupe, thanks Remy.

(In reply to comment #3)
> I will see if I will raise another PDE bug.

Please do.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 162608 ***