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On 02/22/2016 08:27 PM, Markus Knauer
wrote:
Hi Marc-Andre,
no, an upgrade from the old structure to the new structure
is unfortunately not supported. Maybe someone comes up
with a good idea/solution but I have my doubts.
Despite not being supported, I witnessed migration from Luna to
Mars.1 for the regular EPP Java package on Linux working well,
simply by adding the Mars site to available sites and trying "Check
for updates".
On the ide-dev mailing-list, I presented some ideas on how to
provide easily to users the ability to update to new major:
https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/ide-dev/msg01054.html . The 3
bugs can be considered separately.
While this may sound scary to some of us (I used to be in
this group in the past!), I'd like to compare it now with a
Linux installation, e.g. a Ubuntu or a Fedora Linux. They
all allow you to install a basic system that includes most
of the tools required by an average user. But this user has
always the freedom to deinstall/remove certain parts,
install other software, update parts or all of it.
+1, this model a-la Linux is actually pretty satisfying for
end-users and allows project to deliver value faster.
EPP relies on content of SimRel which has a "work together"
criterion, then it makes that for users using only the main
download.eclipse.org/releases repository, they wouldn't get into
non-compatible state, it's a safe enough thing IMO.
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