The Eclipse Packaging Project is working on a wizard that allows you to build your own customizable download, combining plug-ins from predefined packages and Ganymede. The wizard uses Eclipse runtime technology – namely RAP for the web frontend and Equinox P2 for the installer. Before exposing the wizard to a wider audience, we had one burning question: Does it scale up to the volume of...
Read MoreI can't count how many times I have come across developers that aren't using project level settings. It makes me a bit sad in the beginning, but once I show people what you can do with project level settings, I'm immediately filled with glee. Why should you use project level settings? The main reason is that you can enforce these settings all across your team...
Read MoreA common question I come across when working with people using OSGi-based systems is how to deal with third party dependencies...
Read MoreIn an OSGi-based system, there are cases when you want to do some heavy refactoring but run the risk of breaking downstream clients. For example, let's say you have plug-in A, it exports the com.company.util package. Now let's pretend this package contains utility methods for math functions and logging. Now let's say you have a request to break apart the math and logging code into...
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