Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 / browser integration

["Michael Robb" <michael.robb@xxxxxxxxx>]

The use of NanoHTTPD is going under review right now actually:
http://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1624

On 10/25/07, Pascal Rapicault <Pascal_Rapicault@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thx. We will definitely take a look at it.
> Is your code already in the eclipse ipzilla pipeline? Would you have the
> ipzilla number?
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>   From:       "Michael Robb" <michael.robb@xxxxxxxxx>
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>   To:         equinox-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>   Date:       10/25/2007 09:05 PM
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>   Subject:    Re: [equinox-dev] [prov] p2 / browser integration
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> > While I completely agree that we need some easy method of installing and
> > that it would be ideal to do so from a web browser, wouldn't this
> > solution require one to basically do all of their browsing from within
> > Eclipse?
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> For Summer of Code this year I worked on a project [1] that would
> allow for the update URL to be passed to an Eclipse instance (from
> either an external or internal browser) without the need for a native
> application. I've also implemented a first attempt at support for
> dealing with multiple instances (the way this works is outlined on the
> wiki).
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> In theory, if one were to create a command(via the platform command
> framework) that provides the update functionality, a link could be
> placed on a site to simplify the update process as follows
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> http://localhost:34567/?command=installUpdate&location=http://someUpdateURL/
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> For anyone interested in test driving the project there's an update
> site listed on the wiki.
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> Michael
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> [1] http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Web_Interface
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