Re: [jbosstools-dev] Fwd: Best way to handle 2 code streams
On 01/10/2013 07:21 PM, Rob Cernich wrote:
Yep. That's what I was thinking. As I said, I'm not sure
about the
upgrade process. My concern is that once one of the child features is
installed, you may not be able to update at all (i.e. a wtp upgrade
would balk because the e42 plugin isn't compatible). That said, users
probably won't be using the update mechanism when updating the
platform, so you should be good.
I see a tricky use-case.
From definition of optional feature: "Some included features may be
useful add-ons, but are not vital to the proper functioning of the
overall product. Feature providers can elect to mark them as *optional*.
Optional features will only be installed if all their required features
and plug-ins are available. If not installed right away, optional
features can be added at a later date."
A user that had Kepler but not Dali installed will have none of those
optional features installed. He'll need to install Dali manually. I
don't think users will like to dig for dependencies to be able to
install a feature, it's so pre-p2 !
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