Hi Anthony,
I have often considered adding the
documentation to the SDK build. I am less inclined to include the
examples due to our external dependency on EMF’s examples, which would
therefore force someone installing our SDK to install EMF examples.
Ideally, we’d eliminate this dependency along with our UML2 dependency
for testing, as proposed here (but which
proposes replacing UML2 with the EMF library example).
Another consideration is size. The
current SDK and Doc downloads are about equal, so bundling together would mean
a 23MB+ download. I haven’t heard anyone in the community complain
yet, but then I’ve only heard one suggestion from the community regarding
our downloads, and that was for an all-in-one bundle a la WTP.
So, how about these download configurations:
- Runtime
(requires EMF + GEF + WST properties)
- SDK
(Runtime + Tooling + Documentation)
- Examples
(requires SDK + EMF Examples)
- Tests
(requires Examples + UML2 + EMFT)
Sound reasonable? Would we need a
standalone Documentation download? Another suggestion is the Runtime + ECore modeling
example. Lots of options. Perhaps the newsgroup is a better place
for the discussion?
And then, what about the update
site? I wonder how many use it vs. downloading zip files? Personally,
I find it more convenient for getting everything I want in one shot, and it
will better when the Callisto site is up.
Thanks,
Rich
From:
gmf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gmf-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anthony Hunter
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
2:33 PM
To: GMF
Project developer discussions.
Subject: [gmf-dev] GMF downloads
Hi Team,
The
GMF SDK includes runtime and source. It does not include the example plug-ins
and more importantly our documentation.
Should
the SDK not include everything?
When I
download the EMF SDK or GEF SDK, I get everything including examples and
documentation (although I will admit the GEF zip file is named ALL).
Any
comments?
Cheers...
Anthony
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Manager - Software Developer,
IBM Rational Software: Aurora Core Common / Modeling Tools
Phone: 613-591-7037