[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-20100) how to make users aware of fuse and other tooling only being available from earlyaccess?

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

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Nick Boldt commented on JBIDE-20100:
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To see the IS content, you need to add the IS content to JBT/JBDS via a -D flag, since the content is *not yet released*.

Thus, you can launch Eclipse w/ JBT installed into it against the latest CI snapshot...

{code}./eclipse -vmargs \
-Djboss.discovery.directory.url=http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/mars/snapshots/builds/integration-stack/discovery/4.3.0.Alpha2/jbosstools-integration-stack-directory.xml \
-Djboss.discovery.site.integration-stack.url=http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/mars/snapshots/builds/integration-stack/discovery/4.3.0.Alpha2/
{code}

or launch JBDS 

{code}./jbodevstudio -vmargs \
-Djboss.discovery.directory.url=https://devstudio.redhat.com/9.0/staging/updates/integration-stack/discovery/9.0.0.Alpha2/devstudio-integration-stack-directory.xml \
-Djboss.discovery.site.integration-stack.url=https://devstudio.redhat.com/9.0/staging/updates/integration-stack/discovery/9.0.0.Alpha2/
{code}

However, not all JBT/JBDS content will be available because those sites don't contain all the latest JBT/JBDS CR1a content, only the latest Beta2 + some of the CR1a content / TP. I'll open another JIRA to get that fixed. Not sure why Paul's including such a weird hodgepodge. 

But using those -D flags you can see the IS content, and probably install it too! Not sure about missing dependencies - didn't test that yet.

So, when we releaase JBDS 9 CR1 and JBT 4.3 CR1, users will see NONE OF THE IS STUFF until Paul updates the released discovery sites to include his plugins. But using the above -D flags you can preview what users WILL SEE once the Alpha2 content is through QE and is released. 

Make sense?


> how to make users aware of fuse and other tooling only being available from earlyaccess? 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBIDE-20100
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-20100
>             Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: central
>            Reporter: Max Rydahl Andersen
>            Assignee: Mickael Istria
>            Priority: Critical
>              Labels: new_and_noteworthy, respin-a
>             Fix For: 4.3.0.CR1
>
>         Attachments: 20100_JBDS_CR1_fuse_ea_popup.png, 20100_JBDS_CR1_fuse_unavail.png, 20100_JBDS_CR1_fuse_unavail_popup.png, 20100_JBT_Core_vs_EA_versions_of_Fuse_Connector.png, 20100_JBT_latest_no_checkbox.png, fuse-icon-fixed.png, JBDS_9_CR1a_No_Fuse.png, JBIDE-20100-2.png, JBIDE-20100-disc1.png, JBoss_-_JBoss_Central_-_Eclipse_-__Users_max_workspaces_forjoshua.png, not-yet.png, _JBIDE-20100__how_to_make_users_aware_of_fuse_and_other_tooling_only_being_available_from_earlyaccess__-_JBoss_Issue_Tracker_and_JBoss_-_JBoss_Central_-_Eclipse_-__Users_max_workspaces_forjoshua.png
>
>
> [~jtyrrell] find it confusing when he cannot see Fuse and other earlyaccess features immediately on the install page.
> Some comments:
> "I install JBDS 8.1 and click on the JBoss Integration and SOA Development, but where is the Fuse tooling in that list."
> "<without earlyaccess> why doesn’t my screen shot tell me to use an older version of JBDS or something."
> Suggestion:
> "when I picked the Integration Stack a greyed out Fuse IDE thingy in the list of choices, and something like (Select early Access) to enable this feature."
> I'm fine exploring options to show early access features more prominently but would prefer we would not need to treat Fuse "special" so maybe we should have a "Early Access" section at the bottom instead of filtered in between everything else ? 
> and for any connectors that has additional/different features just add a "Extra features available in Early access " comment ? 
> But what to do when Fuse or others dont even have an earlyaccess out yet ? (like is currently the state for devstudio 9)
> [~crobson], [~aileenc] and [~lhein] got any suggestions ?



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