Re: [epp-dev] Marketplace Client

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian, 

I'll ask you some questions I'd ask
anyone else who wanted to include something in the packages I maintain
... so nothing personal :)  ... in rough order of priority: 

a. You'll test it? (I'd assume spot
testing a different couple of distributions each RC?)
b. How big is it? 
c. Is there somewhere I can "see
it in action"? Are the M6 distributions suitable? A more recent Java
Package? 

Conceptually it sounds ok ... I'd just
like to see some of the detail. 

Thanks,

From:	Ian Skerrett <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	epp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date:	05/06/2010 01:33 PM
Subject:	[epp-dev] Marketplace Client
Sent by:	epp-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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All,

The Eclipse Foundation has been working on a new Eclipse plugin called
the Marketplace Client (MPC). MPC allows developers to directly install
into their Eclipse installation a product that has been listed on the Eclipse
Marketplace.   The hope is that it make it much easier for developers
to find and install Eclipse products.

MPC is being developed as an open source project and is part of the release
train.   An initial release was included in the Java IDE and RCP M6
packages.   The goal is to include it in all of the packages for Helios
 (with the exception of the Classic).   I would like to suggest
that MPC is automatically added, via Markus, to all of the packages; similar
to how we do UDC.   This would make it easier and consistent for all
the package maintainers.  

I appreciate this is too late for the M7 packages but I would like to start
doing this for RC1.   Is this okay with everyone?   MPC is an
important initiative of the Eclipse Foundation, so I am hoping to have
your support.

Thanks
Ian



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