Bug 361033 – Support <copyright>, <provider> and <description> in a product definition file (.product)

Bug 361033 - Support <copyright>, <provider> and <description> in a product definition file (.product)


Summary:	Support <copyright>, <provider> and <description> in a product definition fil...

Status:	NEW

Product:	PDE
Classification:	Eclipse
Component:	UI
Version:	3.7.1
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	PDE-UI-Inbox
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Keywords:	helpwanted

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Blocks:
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Reported:	2011-10-14 16:23 EDT by Nick Boldt
Modified:	2015-02-01 10:29 EST (History)
CC List:	9 users (show)

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screenshot showing missing copyright info for the epp.package.jee product (112.38 KB, image/png) 2011-10-14 16:25 EDT, Nick Boldt	no flags	Details
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Description Nick Boldt

2011-10-14 16:23:04 EDT

Realized today while pursuing https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-1882 that our top-level product fails to provide (and also to display) copyright information, and there's no provider or description shown for the installation.

Steps to repro:

1. install Eclipse SDK, JEE or JS bundle. Or any product, like the one mentioned in the JIRA above. I was testing w/ Indigo SR1.

2. Help > About > Installation Details > select a product* > Properties 

* - eg., Eclipse IDE for Javascript Developers (epp.package.javascript), Eclipse Platform (org.eclipse.platform.ide), etc.

3. Look at the Copyright tab: it's empty. "No copyright information has been provided."

4. Look at the General Information tab: no Description or Provider - only Name, Identifier, and Version.

5. Look at the License Agreement tab: license provided (as defined by the <license> node in the .product file.) (This is working.)

Can the missing pieces of information be added to the spec of the .product file, supported in the Product Configuration Editor, and (while I'm asking for the moon here) can a .xsd be provided somewhere, like help.eclipse.org, for the spec of a .product file so that validation can be done?

Comment 1 Nick Boldt

2011-10-14 16:25:03 EDT

Created attachment 205235 [details]
screenshot showing missing copyright info for the epp.package.jee product

Comment 2 Nick Boldt

2011-10-14 16:26:16 EDT

Moving to Version = 3.7.1 as that's where I'm reporting it (not 4.2, the default).

Comment 3 Aleksandr Kravets

2011-10-17 11:41:46 EDT

Added myself to cc list

Comment 4 Eric Moffatt

2011-10-18 15:26:18 EDT

Nick, do other EPP packages show more info and, if so, how ?

I'm not familiar with this area an I'm just trying to figure out where to triage this one...

Comment 5 Martin Bohacek

2014-02-12 03:36:17 EST

Is there any update on this? I can confirm that the problem is still there.

Comment 6 Curtis Windatt

2014-02-12 10:46:22 EST

(In reply to Martin Bohacek from comment #5)
> Is there any update on this? I can confirm that the problem is still there.

No one is currently working on this issue.

Comment 7 Wayne Beaton

2015-01-16 13:55:24 EST

Products lacking a description is a cause for some confusion/concern when updating.

e.g. 

http://jdevelopment.nl/mysterious-44120150109-eclipse-luna-update-sr1a/