[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-13266) Use pack200 to speed up download and install

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

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Nick Boldt commented on JBIDE-13266:
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Warning. pack200 can be buggy when used w/ Oracle JDK 6. Bugs in Tycho, p2, JDK proper, and more:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=154069
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=394464
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=381882
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=373173
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=348166

http://divby0.blogspot.ca/2009/09/re-return-to-athena.html

Refs:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/JarProcessor_Options
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Pack200

In my experience, pack200 causes more headaches than it solves.
                
> Use pack200 to speed up download and install
> --------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-13266
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-13266
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Enhancement
>          Components: Build/Releng
>    Affects Versions: 4.0.0.CR1
>            Reporter: Mickael Istria
>            Assignee: Mickael Istria
>             Fix For: 4.0.1.Final, 4.1.0.Alpha1
>
>
> p2 provides the pack200 stuff, which offers a better compressions for jars, and then that makes downloads faster when installing.
> We should set up our repo to create the pack200'd artifacts.

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