Here is a link to the bug report:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=361628

cheers,
ian

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Ian Bull <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sorry, a little late to this game, but another small thing.  While David
> mentioned the use of packed jars, please keep the unpacked jars around too.
>  We have found that the Java 7 pack/un-packer has changed (compared to
> previous versions), and we are having trouble processing pack.gz files on
> Java 7 Runtimes.  If the un-packed jars are still around, p2 can fall back
> to these.
>
> Cheers,
> Ian
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Jesse McConnell <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> please don't let my 'silly' comment derail the conversation here...it
>> was perhaps a careless word I threw out
>>
>> anything that improves peoples experience with p2 would be a good
>> thing because right now for me it is still this black box that is a
>> bit hit or miss in terms of what is in it, what comes out of it, and
>> how its all organized
>>
>> I am sure people can say the same about maven central, but 5 minutes,
>> a web browser and a bit of investigative spirit and clicking around
>> can sort that out...
>>
>> by about the 5th jar file I have cracked open and sorting through
>> MANIFEST.MF files...that is where the eye glazing comes in from my
>> previous statement :)
>>
>> so by all means please continue improving p2 repositories!  and if the
>> eclipse-signing-maven-plugin is supposed to be doing anything from
>> this conversation please bring that to my attention directly!
>>
>> cheers,
>> jesse
>>
>> --
>> jesse mcconnell
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 07:02, Jesse McConnell <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > the eclipse-signing-maven-plugin takes care of some of it but reading
>> > over the original mail I sort of glazed over and didn't really pick up
>> > on where else it ought to have helped address things...
>> >
>> > so from my view the index and mirror files goop is stuff in tycho land
>> >
>> > if anyone picks up on a shortcoming of the signing plugin do chirp up
>> > and let us know...past that igor will likely know more on the p2
>> > details, I still find it a bit silly. :)
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > jesse
>> >
>> > --
>> > jesse mcconnell
>> > [email protected]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 03:08, Marcel Bruch <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> I'm evaluating how to make our repositories comply to these needs with
>> our tycho build. Maybe some successful tycho user or tycho committer can
>> comment on how to support pack200, p2.index files, and p2.mirrorsURL?
>> >>
>> >> To me it sounds like these configuration options should be part of the
>> repository packaging but at least I haven't found them. Are there any
>> options to "switch on" these things? Or is there a set of plug-ins to use
>> that will do the trick?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Marcel
>> >>
>> >>
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