[teiid-designer-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (TEIIDDES-1843) could installation of Teiid Designer be made simpler via p2 metadata <references> to upstream sites?

[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TEIIDDES-1843?page=com.atlassian.jira.plu... ] Nick Boldt edited comment on TEIIDDES-1843 at 8/20/13 12:09 PM: ---------------------------------------------------------------- How about instead of https://github.com/Teiid-Designer/teiid-designer/pull/231/files adding two sites, we just add the JBTIS TP site [1]? [1] http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbtistarget/4.1.2.Fi... That way you could resolve the upstream deps at install time, know for sure you're adding the same URL you'd see if you installed Teiid from JBTIS itself, and ... ok, the only problem here is that the Teiid release can't have a different <reference> if you install it into JBDS. Because in theory, if you're starting from JBDS, you don't want to end up with download.jboss.org URLs appearing in your JBDS. Still, it's better than the current instructions and multitude of steps. I suppose we could say: {quote} * Select the Help > Install New Software... action from the main menu. * In the *Work With* location, enter this URL, and hit enter: ** http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbtistarget/4.1.2.Fi... * In the *Work With* location, enter this URL, and hit enter: ** http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/kepler/integration-st... * OPTIONAL: If you prefer to install from the archive file, download the archive from http://download.jboss.org/teiid/designer/8.2/teiid-designer-8.2.0.Final-v... After downloading, click the Archive... button - then select the *.zip file that you just downloaded. Click OK. * In the update site tree view, select the Data Services node and all its children. ** Select Next > Accept any additional dependencies and license agreements, then click Finish to complete. ** When installation is complete you will be prompted to re-launch Eclipse to insure the new features are fully operational. {quote} Then: {quote} * If installing into JBoss Developer Studio, the instructions are the same, but you can use this URL instead of the *jbtistarget* URL: ** httpd://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/7.0.0/7.0.0.GA.jbds-is-target-platform/ {quote} was (Author: nickboldt): How about instead of https://github.com/Teiid-Designer/teiid-designer/pull/231/files adding two sites, we just add the JBTIS TP site [1]? [1] http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbtistarget/4.1.2.Fi... That way you could resolve the upstream deps at install time, know for sure you're adding the same URL you'd see if you installed Teiid from JBTIS itself, and ... ok, the only problem here is that the Teiid release can't have a different <reference> if you install it into JBDS. Because in theory, if you're starting from JBDS, you don't want to end up with download.jboss.org URLs appearing in your JBDS. Still, it's better than the current instructions and multitude of steps. I suppose we could say: {quote} * Select the Help > Install New Software... action from the main menu. * In the *Work With* location, enter this URL, and hit enter: ** http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/targetplatforms/jbtistarget/4.1.2.Fi... * In the *Work With* location, enter this URL, and hit enter: ** http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/kepler/integration-st... * OPTIONAL: If you prefer to install from the archive file, download the archive from http://download.jboss.org/teiid/designer/8.2/teiid-designer-8.2.0.Final-v... After downloading, click the Archive... button - then select the *.zip file that you just downloaded. Click OK. *In the update site tree view, select the Data Services node and all its children. Select Next > Accept any additional dependencies and license agreements, then click Finish to complete. When installation is complete you will be prompted to re-launch Eclipse to insure the new features are fully operational. {quote} Then: {quote} * If installing into JBoss Developer Studio, the instructions are the same, but you can use this URL instead of the *jbtistarget* URL: ** httpd://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/7.0.0/7.0.0.GA.jbds-is-target-platform/ {quote} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira