[cross-project-issues-dev] How to contribute to aggregation build -- in

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think I've "sent this out"
before ... apologies if I am repeating myself. 

I'm sure everyone is familiar with 

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Simrel/Contributing_to_Simrel_Aggregation_Build

but I recently added a section: 

https://wiki.eclipse.org/Simrel/Contributing_to_Simrel_Aggregation_Build#The_best_format_and_process_for_contributing_to_Sim._Release

In short, use composites, so your "old"
contribution stays around, while you prepare your new contribution, and

use a specific URL in your b3aggrcon
file that points to a simple repository, not composite, and is updated
for every new contribution, and 
use brackets such as
versionRange="[4.0.0.201503231230-m1]"
to specify exactly which version you
intend to contribute. 

I think it's too late this development
cycle to "enforce" a particular format (or, formats), but I think
we will in the future, so it is to your benefit to at least participate
in the discussion now. The goal is to have fewer "build breaks"
as well as more predictable, repeatable, and precise results. 

I'd appreciate any comments, or potential
improvements, on that section to be discussed in  Bug 419746
(not on this list). 

In particular, if any projects currently use any tools,
or scripts, or plugins, to help them form the "ideal input",
it would be helpful to share what you have, even if not general purpose
or ready for production use. Please provide pointers or ideas in the bug.


Thanks,