[equinox-dev] provisioning self hosting

[Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In looking through provisioning bug
reports recently there have been a few cases where people have expressed
frustration or problems with their selfhosting setup.    The
configuration is currently quite sensitive but does seem to work quite
well if you know how to care for it.  A while ago I took a stab at
a selfhosting How-to on the wiki
        http://wiki.eclipse.org/Equinox_Provisioning_Getting_Started#Setting_up_selfhosting
This is pretty bare bones and does not
have some level of detail needed in real life (e.g., the metadata locations
to delete in case of problems etc)

Since selfhosting is so central to the
development workflow, it would be great to refine the steps in the howto
and hightlight the pitfalls/cures.  What I propose is to work with
anyone and everyone who is having selfhosting problems and then document
the problems and solutions as well enhance the steps based on feedback.

It might be most effective if we simply
scheduled a selfhosting call and people with problems/contributions could
dial in.  Alternatively, we could use part of the regular provisioning
call (if there are alot of people interested/having problems).  Alternatively,
if there are only a few people, one on one might work.

Thoughts?

Jeff