Re: [orbit-dev] zip downloads

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> [...]
>  If this is simply a way of signaling that the
archive should be 
> exploded then I'd propose that we find a different way.  A JAR'd
> bundle and a folder bundle should be exactly the same.  The zips
> have an extra directory level that make this inconsistent 

Yes, this was the reason. I may have decided this all
on my own as one way to handle it. 
If you'd like to change, I suppose we could always use
features. :) 

I'm not sure what you mean by "extra directory level"
.... the zips should be unzipped to [install-dir]/plugins, 
and the jars should be copied to [install-dir]/plugins.


So, suspect I'm missing what the problem is. 

Is it just that there are different files extensions?
I think before we could (easily) fix that, we'd need 
some improvements such as https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=157562.

Jeff McAffer <Jeff_McAffer@xxxxxxxxxx>
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07/26/2007 10:21 PM

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It has been pointed out that our download site has a mixture of JARs and
zips where the zips contain just one bundle.  It seems that this is
done for bundles that need to be run in folder form rather than JAR'd.
 While this was likely discussed and agreed to, I am failing to recall
when and why.  This seems wholy inconsistent and confusing.  If
this is simply a way of signaling that the archive should be exploded then
I'd propose that we find a different way.  A JAR'd bundle and a folder
bundle should be exactly the same.  The zips have an extra directory
level that make this inconsistent 

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