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[PDE Build] Feature builds question [message #334067]

Sun, 18 January 2009 12:31

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Originally posted by: tina.young.nospam.hotmail.com

Hi,
As a part of a new assignment I need to update the way that our auto-build
system creates the output. The system is very stanard PDE build.

I have 2 problems / questions

1.
The output of the build is a ZIP file that contains the feature and all the
plugins
Is it possible to make the ZIP file to get the same version number as the
feature?
(is this the 'standard' naming convention - perhaps with builddate?)

2.
The ZIP file is created with the following layout
|-- eclipse
| --- features
| --- plugins

This layout seems to be very common when downloading ZIP files.
But we have also seeen a more flat structure (with the eclipse level
removed):
| --- features
| --- plugins

Is this possible to achive with PDE build ?
(e.g. without doing some re-packaging wiht own code?)

Wich layout / structure of the 2 above is to prefer?

Any help/comments/suggestions in this matter appreciated

regards,

Tina

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Re: [PDE Build] Feature builds question [message #334083 is a reply to message #334067]

Mon, 19 January 2009 18:23

Paul Webster

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Ottawa

Senior Member

Tina wrote:
> Hi,
> As a part of a new assignment I need to update the way that our auto-build
> system creates the output. The system is very stanard PDE build.
>
> I have 2 problems / questions
>
> 1.
> The output of the build is a ZIP file that contains the feature and all the
> plugins
> Is it possible to make the ZIP file to get the same version number as the
> feature?
> (is this the 'standard' naming convention - perhaps with builddate?)

I added lines to my postBuild step:
<move
file=" ${buildDirectory}/${buildLabel}/${topLevelElementId}-${build Id}-group.group.group.zip "
tofile=" ${buildDirectory}/${buildLabel}/${topLevelElementId}-${build Label}.zip "
/>

But I had set groupConfigurations=true so I only got one big zip

> 2.
> The ZIP file is created with the following layout
> |-- eclipse
> | --- features
> | --- plugins
>
> This layout seems to be very common when downloading ZIP files.
> But we have also seeen a more flat structure (with the eclipse level
> removed):
> | --- features
> | --- plugins
>
> Wich layout / structure of the 2 above is to prefer?

Prefer the first one, unless you have a specific need for the second.
It is the most useful for external extension locations (<3.4) and
eclipse/dropins (>=3.4)

PW

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