Target Platform 4.50.0.Alpha2 for JBoss Tools 4.3.0.Alpha2 has been released.

Changes (compared to 4.50.0.Alpha1)
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* JBDS-3259: Mylyn wikitext
* JBIDE-19497: Replaced Jetty 8 by Jetty 9.2.5
* JBIDE-19539: Mars M6
* JBIDE-19585: Jetty 9.2.9
* JBDS-3285: Easymport dependencies


Usage
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Target platform  4.50.0.Alpha2 is what JBoss Tools 4.3.0.Alpha2 will use.

All Jenkins jobs for branch jbosstools-4.3.0.Alpha2x and parent pom 4.3.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT have been updated to use target platform 4.50.0.Alpha2.

The following p2 repositories *will be modified* to point to this new target platform once JBoss Tools 4.3.0.Alpha2 is released:
* http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbosstoolstarget/luna/
* http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbdevstudiotarget/luna/

Until then, you can access the target platform at the URLs below.


Download
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Update site: http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbosstoolstarget/4.50.0.Alpha2/REPO/
Update site zip: http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbosstoolstarget/4.50.0.Alpha2/jbosstoolstarget-4.50.0.Alpha2.zip
Git tag: https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-target-platforms/tree/4.50.0.Alpha2

Testing/Development
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If your root pom correctly specifies the latest parent pom version as 4.3.0.Alpha2-SNAPSHOT, you need only this:
  $ mvn clean verify
If you're using a different parent pom, use this:
  $ mvn clean verify -Dtpc.version=4.50.0.Alpha2

For advanced usage and help (using in IDE, building a mirror locally, using a zip), see https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-devdoc/blob/master/building/target_platforms/target_platforms_for_consumers.md


What's next?
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jbosstools-target-platforms project branch 4.50.x has been prepared for potential upgrades, and its version is now 4.50.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT.  We can at least expect for Beta1:
* Move to Mars M7 or some Mars RC
* Update of tern.java
* Shall you need anything else, please follow those instructions to request a change ASAP: https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-devdoc/blob/master/building/target_platforms/target_platforms_updates.adoc

All Jenkins jobs for *master* and parent pom 4.3.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT have been updated to use target platform 4.50.0.Beta1-SNAPSHOT.
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