[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBIDE-3239) canot install JBoss Tools from Nightly Update Site - missing org.eclipse.birt.integration.wtp.ui

[ https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBIDE-3239?page=com.atlassian.jira.plu... ] Nick Boldt commented on JBIDE-3239: ----------------------------------- Using the workflow above -- Eclipse JEE + JBoss Tools update site -- p2 could not find that feature. Here's what is included on the Ganymede update site [1], searching for feature with "birt" in their name: <feature url="features/org.eclipse.birt_2.3.1.v20080630-7N7Y7AAYdlIXLgz-SLsyMQ21x2fI.jar" id="org.eclipse.birt" version="2.3.1.v20080630-7N7Y7AAYdlIXLgz-SLsyMQ21x2fI"> <feature url="features/org.eclipse.birt.doc_2.3.1.v20080630-2207w31191_34b.jar" id="org.eclipse.birt.doc" version="2.3.1.v20080630-2207w31191_34b"> <feature url="features/org.eclipse.tptp.birt_4.4.200.v200807310709-7J7KAh7i0i7FtQgZWz0mZuFjnj36.jar" id="org.eclipse.tptp.birt" version="4.4.200.v200807310709-7J7KAh7i0i7FtQgZWz0mZuFjnj36"> [1] http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede/ I looked for an update site for BIRT but could not find one -- only way I could find the required missing feature was from their 2.3.1 downloads page. After a bit of extra thinking ("but surely if BIRT is in Ganymede they must have an update site somewhere!") & hacking (ssh to dev.eclipse.org and look around for the site), I found this: http://download.eclipse.org/birt/update-site/2.3/ So, here's a revised workflow that does work: a) download Eclipse 3.4.1 JEE bundle: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downlo... b) unpack, start Eclipse: ./eclipse -clean -showLocation -data /home/nboldt/eclipse/workspace-clean -vmargs -Xms128M -Xmx256M -XX:PermSize=128M -XX:MaxPermSize=256M c) Help > Software Updates > Available Software > Add Site > http://download.eclipse.org/birt/update-site/2.3/ c) Help > Software Updates > Available Software > Add Site > http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/nightly/trunk/ d) select entire JBoss Tools node e) installation succeeds -- the first thing p2 downloads is the plugin org.eclipse.birt.integration.wtp.ui_2.3.1.v20080827 -- but no disk is wasted w/ extraneous features or plugins included in the SDK zip I used before. -- So... I'm going to open a bug against BIRT asking that they make their update site discoverable on the website, and WTP so that they'll add BIRT as a discovery URL. That won't fix things for this release, but may assist in future. * https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=256017 - Link BIRT update sites from website and wiki * https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=256018 - Update Manager Install Instructions are out of date and do not mention BIRT update sites * https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=256021 - Could WTP provide a link to BIRT's update site for discovery purposes? * https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=256022 - Are there features missing from the Ganymede Update site? For JBoss Tools, however, we need to at least document the fact that this feature needs that extra plugin. One quasi-solution would be to have some other feature provide the BIRT update site as a discovery URL so that once some of JBoss Tools is installed, subsequent installs should be able to magically find that site, and thus that required plugin. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira