[platform-releng-dev] Please sign here

[Kim Moir <Kim_Moir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As of tonight's build, all non-test
plugins will be signed by the eclipse.org certificate as part of the build
process.   With a few minor exceptions, teams will not have to do
anything to their plugins to accommodate signing.  It will be handled
transparently by the build process.  I'll open bugs against teams
who may have specify options in their plugins to exclude certain jars from
the signing process.

Signing our build allows meets one of
the requirements for participation in Europa 

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Europa_Simultaneous_Release#Must_Do

As well, it will appease the many who
have asked  "Hey, why don't you sign your jars?" and the
infamous "Why am I always prompted in update manager about  installing
unsigned  jars?"

For more information about JAR signing,
please refer to these fine documents written by the core team.

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/JAR_Signing
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/JarProcessor_Options

The signing process takes 45-60 minutes
to complete.  The time that the build process takes to generate the
drops has increased accordingly.  

Kim