[jbosstools-dev] Who uses .target file?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

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> On 03/14/2012 01:21 PM, Rob Cernich wrote:
>> I agree with Max.  It would be nice if a target file were available.  Right now, the developer must manage his own target platform.  This is compounded by the fact that the base "test" plugins are not available directly from a p2 repository (update site) and must be downloaded and installed separately.
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> Target Platform exists as a zip and an exploded site: http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/target-platform_3.3.indigo.SR2/ (for building anything in JBoss Tools Core -- download the zip, unpack it, and use it thus: `mvn clean install -Dlocal.site=file:///path/to/unzipped/site/ -Plocal.site` or use that site to install into your Eclipse for use w/ PDE)

again - this doesn't work since it becomes a mix of what you had already in your eclipse + what is in this zip + what updates you have made that is newer than what is in this zip.
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>> As far as the slowness, I believe you only pay that when you setup or update your target platform (as the new dependencies are downloaded and updated).  Same price you pay when updating your local target platform.
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>> This would be a really nice feature as it makes it easy to setup a development workspace; saves you from having to find all the dependencies yourself.
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> *cough* http://eclipsesource.com/en/yoxos/ ? */cough*
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> (latest Yoxos 5.5 includes Eclipse 3.7.2: http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2012/02/26/yoxos-5-5-and-eclipse-3-7-2/)

Yes ? how does this help us ?

Yoxos doesn't have a package for what we use ?

/max