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Does this new P2 thing ever work? [message #328734]

Tue, 03 June 2008 08:15

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: phillipus.nowhere.net

Very frustating!

Trying out Eclipse 3.4 RC3, thought I'd get GEF using the new update.
Impossible:

An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
Problems downloading artifact:
osgi.bundle,org.eclipse.draw2d,3.4.0.v20080401.
Exception connecting to
http://giano.com.dist.unige.it/eclipse/releases/ganymede/plu gins/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4.0.v20080401.jar.

http://giano.com.dist.unige.it/eclipseMirror/releases/ganyme de/plugins/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4.0.v20080401.jar
Problems downloading artifact:
org.eclipse.update.feature,org.eclipse.draw2d,3.4.0.v2008011 5-33-7w31191512.
Exception connecting to
http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.eclipse.org/ecli pseMirror/releases/ganymede/features/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4. 0.v20080115-33-7w31191512.jar.

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.eclipse.org/ecli pseMirror/releases/ganymede/features/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4. 0.v20080115-33-7w31191512.jar

Tried about 20 times now. What should a new user do? Get fed up and
try Netbeans?

Re: Does this new P2 thing ever work? [message #328735 is a reply to message #328734]

Tue, 03 June 2008 08:32

Eclipse User

Phillipus wrote:

> Exception connecting to
> http://giano.com.dist.unige.it/eclipse/releases/ganymede/plu gins/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4.0.v20080401.jar.

> Exception connecting to
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.eclipse.org/ecli pseMirror/releases/ganymede/features/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4. 0.v20080115-33-7w31191512.jar.

What kinds of exception? Did you check the error log / logfile?

> Tried about 20 times now. What should a new user do?

I share your pain, but didnt try installing GEF. I had problems with the
ganymede release site, so I installed my stuff (EMF/UML/M2T) through the
project specific update sites(installing UML/EMF) - that worked.

Felix

Re: Does this new P2 thing ever work? [message #328736 is a reply to message #328735]

Tue, 03 June 2008 08:41

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: phillipus.nowhere.net

Felix Dorner wrote:
> Phillipus wrote:
>
>> Exception connecting to
>> http://giano.com.dist.unige.it/eclipse/releases/ganymede/plu gins/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4.0.v20080401.jar.
>
>
>> Exception connecting to
>> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.eclipse.org/ecli pseMirror/releases/ganymede/features/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4. 0.v20080115-33-7w31191512.jar.
>
>
> What kinds of exception? Did you check the error log / logfile?
>
>> Tried about 20 times now. What should a new user do?
>
> I share your pain, but didnt try installing GEF. I had problems with the
> ganymede release site, so I installed my stuff (EMF/UML/M2T) through the
> project specific update sites(installing UML/EMF) - that worked.
>
> Felix

Yes, various java.io.FileNotFoundExceptions, java.net.ConnectExceptions...

Whereas I'm able to file bug reports / change update sites / pray to the
Eclipse gods, if this happens to a new user I don't think they will stay
around too long. i.e. a showstopper.

Re: Does this new P2 thing ever work? [message #328740 is a reply to message #328736]

Tue, 03 June 2008 09:30

Eclipse User

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Phillipus,

I ended up installing all my stuff using the new "dropins" folder of
Eclipse. If you do have issues with p2, at least that seems to work well
( http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_p2_Getting_Started#Dropins ).

Laurent Goubet
Obeo

Phillipus a

Re: Does this new P2 thing ever work? [message #328742 is a reply to message #328734]

Tue, 03 June 2008 10:00

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com

Phillipus wrote:
> Very frustating!
>
> Trying out Eclipse 3.4 RC3, thought I'd get GEF using the new update.
> Impossible:
>
> An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
> Problems downloading artifact:
> osgi.bundle,org.eclipse.draw2d,3.4.0.v20080401.
> Exception connecting to
> http://giano.com.dist.unige.it/eclipse/releases/ganymede/plu gins/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4.0.v20080401.jar.

It seems fairly obvious that this is not a site managed by eclipse.org -
it is a mirror. You should look to see if p2 has any bugs reported about
what happens if a selected mirror is unavailable; if you don't find one,
enter your own to suggest that p2 should proceed to another mirror in
that scenario.
http://bugs.eclipse.org.bugs

As you yourself pointed out, this is pre-release software; the only way
it can get better is for early adopters like yourself to report the
problems they find. The newsgroups are good for discussion, but are not
the mechanism by which to report problems so that they get appropriate
attention.

Eric

Re: Does this new P2 thing ever work? [message #328747 is a reply to message #328742]

Tue, 03 June 2008 10:55

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: phillipus.nowhere.net

Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Phillipus wrote:
>> Very frustating!
>>
>> Trying out Eclipse 3.4 RC3, thought I'd get GEF using the new update.
>> Impossible:
>>
>> An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
>> Problems downloading artifact:
>> osgi.bundle,org.eclipse.draw2d,3.4.0.v20080401.
>> Exception connecting to
>> http://giano.com.dist.unige.it/eclipse/releases/ganymede/plu gins/org.eclipse.draw2d_3.4.0.v20080401.jar.
>
>
> It seems fairly obvious that this is not a site managed by eclipse.org -
> it is a mirror. You should look to see if p2 has any bugs reported about
> what happens if a selected mirror is unavailable; if you don't find one,
> enter your own to suggest that p2 should proceed to another mirror in
> that scenario.
> http://bugs.eclipse.org.bugs
>
> As you yourself pointed out, this is pre-release software; the only way
> it can get better is for early adopters like yourself to report the
> problems they find. The newsgroups are good for discussion, but are not
> the mechanism by which to report problems so that they get appropriate
> attention.
>
> Eric

Yes, that's as maybe. If it is failing this close to a final release,
then I think there is something sereiously wrong with the whole P2
business - ie. half baked. My original post is expressed with the
persona of a new user.

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