What does this mean to end-users who only want to use a pre-built
Eclipse plug-in downloaded from the Devtools website?
Will they have to use the exact level of WTP that was used to build the
plug-in?
-Donald
Sachin Patel wrote:
> FYI.
>
> WTP and Eclipse have introduced into their builds a new concept of a
> "qualifer". This "qualifier" is basically a time-date stamp that gets
> appended to the plugin jar version during their build for any plugin
> that has changed
> in that build. This means that no 2 builds will have the same jar
> versions. So unlike before, the geronimo plugin could build against any
> 1.0.x level of WTP. This is no longer true and until I find a more
> appropriate flexible solution, the build is now binded to a given driver.
>
> So from a users perspective wanting to build, this has minimum impact.
> Building with "maven build" will automatically download the necessary
> drivers. The only impact is they will no longer be able to use the
> eclipse.home property to point to their own version of eclipse to build
> against.
>
> - sachin
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