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Re: [pde-dev] Target Platform question
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On 06/01/2010 04:00 AM, Jeff McAffer wrote:
* The semantics of Features are pretty clear.
I'm sorry, but they are all but "clear". Very few people outside of the
inner circle (PDE and p2 committers) understands how the feature data is
interpreted by the publisher and how (if) it is otherwise used. Reading
the outdated documentation just adds to the confusion.
As for p2.inf tweaks, the common use of p2.inf is to *add* to, not change, the data that is supplied by the feature.xml itself.
My point is that the feature cannot be used as a trustworthy source. The
nature of the change really doesn't matter. This is acceptable since the
feature is not really used by the installer anyway. Nor is it used at
runtime.
If builds really use what's in the feature.xml as trusted input for
their builds or tests, then they are in big trouble and should switch to
using p2 meta-data immediately.
- thomas
