[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBDS-3073) use installMode="root" for top-level JBDS "Core Features" feature

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

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Nick Boldt commented on JBDS-3073:
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What does the product provide that needs to be updated with every release? Couldn't we just update the Core Features and omit the Branded Product feature from needing to be updated?

> use installMode="root" for top-level JBDS "Core Features" feature
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>                 Key: JBDS-3073
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3073
>             Project: Developer Studio (JBoss Developer Studio)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: installer
>    Affects Versions: 8.0.0.Beta2
>            Reporter: Nick Boldt
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 8.0.0.Beta3
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> To better support the BYOE scenario and be more easily able to update pieces of JBDS w/o having to update the product, we could consider adding `installMode="root"` to the JBDS "Core Features" feature so it can be installed in parallel to the JBDS "Branded Product" feature, rather than as its child [1].
> [1] http://codeandme.blogspot.fr/2014/06/tycho-11-install-root-level-features.html
> We could further do this with other JBDS/JBT child features, but I suspect we *don't want to do that* as it would allow users to update *individual parts piecemeal*, rather than as one big update.



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