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Bug 338574 - [releng] create new top-level category for remote services target platform
Summary: [releng] create new top-level category for remote services target platform
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: ECF
Classification: RT
Component: ecf.releng (show other bugs)
Version: 3.5.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.5.0   Edit
Assignee: Scott Lewis CLA
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Reported: 2011-03-01 14:06 EST by Scott Lewis CLA
Modified: 2011-03-05 16:11 EST (History)
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screenshot of failed add of ECF Remote Services Target Components into target platform (52.90 KB, image/png)
2011-03-04 10:16 EST, Scott Lewis CLA 		no flags Details
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Description Scott Lewis CLA 2011-03-01 14:06:25 EST 
As per discussion on ecf-dev mailing list:

see thread:  http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/ecf-dev/msg04912.html

It would be useful to simplify the use (on servers or Eclipse) of ECF Remote Services/Remote Service Admin by having a top-level category that allows people to install the 'remote services target components' without all of the UI/Eclipse-specific parts of ECF, and without having to have large target platform (like Eclipse) to resolve ECF dependencies.
Comment 1 Scott Lewis CLA 2011-03-01 14:07:23 EST 
Setting target milestone to 3.5.  And assigning to me.
Comment 2 Scott Lewis CLA 2011-03-04 10:16:10 EST 
Created attachment 190391 [details]
screenshot of failed add of ECF Remote Services Target Components into target platform

screenshot of failed add of ECF Remote Services Target Components into target platform.  This is using a recent build from https://build.ecf-project.org/jenkins/job/C-HEAD-sdk.feature/
Comment 3 Scott Lewis CLA 2011-03-05 16:11:54 EST 
Resolving as fixed.  I've added a feature in the top-level category:  ECF Remote Services Target Components.  This provides access to the org.eclipse.ecf.remoteservice.sdk.feature feature.

Unfortunately, it seems that to install via the PDE target platform 'Add Software Site' functionality, it's necessary to have the user turn off 'Include required software'...which is not the default in the PDE target platform editor.  This is probably because of the PDE bug mentioned by Markus on the ecf-dev mailing list.  I will create wiki documentation to describe the need to turn off 'Include required software'.