[dsdp-tm-dev] TM Update Site is Confusing - Proposed Changes

[Kevin J Doyle <kjdoyle@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I was using the update site the other day and noticed how confusing it
is.  We have a lot of options and it's not easy to know which ones
to install.

Attached is a screenshot showing all the possible options you can download.

My first instinct was to just install everything, so I checked TM 2.0.
 I then got errors as Remote CDT has dependencies that I don't have
installed.  I expanded TM and RSE 2.0.2 to remove Remote CDT and the
error message didn't go away.  The duplication of Remote CDT in 2.0.1
and 2.0.2 makes eliminating dependency errors harder.

Looking at just the base components we already have a lot to confuse users
with:

RSE Core
An option for each Service
RSE Runtime
RSE SDK

If I choose RSE Runtime do I need to choose the services I want as well?
 I know that choosing specific services is to be done when choosing
RSE Core, but with all these options for what to download it gets complicated.
 On IRC a lot of user's just click the root node and don't know how
to remove dependency errors for a lot of projects including ours.

Some proposed changes to simply the update site:

1. Have only RSE SDK and RSE Runtime.  You can easily decide what
to install.  If you want to get very specific we can either have a
separate update site or just direct them to the downloads page to get that
kind of customization.
2. Remove the duplication of Services/Remote
CDT in 2.0.1 and 2.0.2.  Also the duplication of Discovery across
2.0, 2.0.1 and 2.0.2.
3. Move Discovery/Remote CDT and perhaps the Terminal to a new update site
called Extras.  This will make it much easier for users who just click
the root node of the update site, as there won't be any dependency problems.

Martin and others what do you think?

Thanks,
Kevin Doyle