[jbosstools-dev] Proposed change to JBT 4.40.Beta4-SNAPSHOT target platform: remove {egit/jgit}, update {m2e-wro4j, tern, angularJS}, add {vpe.cordovasim, maven.jbosspackaging, common.mylyn}

[Nick Boldt]

>> * JBDS-3079 - add org.jboss.tools.vpe.cordovasim.feature,
>> org.jboss.tools.maven.jbosspackaging.feature, and
>> org.jboss.tools.common.mylyn.feature to JBoss Central TP

> -100 (this just seems very pointless based on current description)

OK, so then these connectors can't easily be installed into JBDS via 
offline.

Or the connectors need to be changed to omit the aforementioned 
features, which may make them installable but non-functional.

https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-discovery/blob/master/jbdevstudio/com.jboss.jbds.central.discovery/plugin.xml#L84-L103

https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-discovery/blob/master/jbdevstudio/com.jboss.jbds.central.discovery/plugin.xml#L659-L680

https://github.com/jbosstools/jbosstools-discovery/blob/master/jbdevstudio/com.jboss.jbds.central.discovery/plugin.xml#L438-L468

Alternatively, I could add these features back into the JBDS installer 
so that they're available for offline Central installs. This is still my 
preferred solution as it's the least maintenance required between 
milestones (Central TP doesn't need updating each time we release a 
milestone).

Or we can go back to option (a), which is to tell people that for 
Central offline installs, you need:

* JBDS installer (642 or 504M),
* Central update site (115M),

AND now as well:
* JBDS update site (855M)

For Beta2, you only needed the installer and Central update site. This 
change -- losing these three features from the installer jar -- means 
forcing an additional download onto users. That download is 855M.

I would rather these three tiny features be in the installer, but since 
Denis rejected that solution, I would next rather they be added to the 
Central site so they can be found offline.

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Nick Boldt :: JBoss by Red Hat
Productization Lead :: JBoss Tools & Dev Studio
http://nick.divbyzero.com