[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-16375) Allow to extend Central extensions catalog with "Beta" stuff

[Mickael Istria (JIRA)]

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Mickael Istria commented on JBIDE-16375:
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[~nickboldt] You told me Central already allows multiple catalogs. This plugin should also look for metadata in catalog to decide whether to mark a feature as experiment or not.

Part of the scenario is decrease from Early Access to last release.
>From a UI POV, it would make sense to have a single entry (for example JBTIS), and 2 install buttons: "install release" and "install early access" (if available).
                
> Allow to extend Central extensions catalog with "Beta" stuff
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>                 Key: JBIDE-16375
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-16375
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: central, discovery
>            Reporter: Mickael Istria
>             Fix For: 4.2.0.Beta1
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> In order to make it easier for people to consume some "Beta" extensions from JBT or JBDS release (such as installing a Beta of JBT-IS on top of a JBT release), it would make sense to have Central allow users to select some catalogs in a UI entry such as "Include Experimental stuff" to show additional catalog entries.
> Either this could be a single catalog with the experimental content being annotated, or it could be 2 (or more catalogs) which have different quality levels.
> The Central UI will need to give feedback on the quality level for a given entry ("supported" or "experimental" or ...).

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