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

[Mickael Istria (JIRA)]

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Mickael Istria commented on JBIDE-13266:
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Pack200 has been used for awhile in many Eclipse projects. Also the tycho pack200 plugins are working well and maintained as part of the CBI. Most issue linked are refering to older JVM version or older p2.

The big gain is:
* more 50% less bytes to download at installation (the download speed is currently the bottleneck when installing JBT)
We can also expect:
* Saved some time at build time to get other JBT artifacts

The cost is:
* +30 to 40% size of our repository (consumed on download.jboss.org)

pack200 seems worth giving it a try.
                
> Use pack200 to speed up download and install
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>                 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
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 4.0.1.Final, 4.1.0.Alpha1
>
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> 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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