Thanks for thinking up this idea and to me it is a good one and makes sense.
Gj On Sunday, October 29, 2017, Antonio <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Currently NetBeans modules define themselves the exact version of > third-party binaries, for instance: > > netbinox depends on org.eclipse.osgi_3.9.1.v20140110-1610 > and > o.eclipse.core.runtime depends on org.eclipse.core.runtime-3.7.0 > > Would it be a good idea to specify the exact versions of these in a > separate, centralized, release-specific version file? > > I was thinking of defining some centralized properties files like [1] that > we could use to select appropriate, coherent versions of third-party > software for different modules at once. This will ensure selected versions > work well together. > > Modules could refer then to binaries by a token (say > "org.eclipse.core.contenttype") and forget about specific versions > themselves. > > The DownloadBinaries.java ant task could then use these properties files > to download proper versions. > > Opnions? Should I give this a go? > > Thanks, > Antonio > > [1] > A sample properties file defining the exact versions of modules > o.eclipse.core.*, netbinox and o.eclipse.equinox.* > > These versions are known to work properly together. > > The properties file defines an alias ("org.eclipse.core.contenttype") > mapped to a SHA-1 hash and a Maven coordinate > ("22CC2EBF3A23003F646323CDA38888F31CA6FD15 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.contenttype:3.6.0"), just like in > external/binaries-list > > org.eclipse.core.contenttype=22CC2EBF3A23003F646323CDA38888F31CA6FD15 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.contenttype:3.6.0 > org.eclipse.core.jobs=591A398580D6DFECDA2CA18EDA1A176C79875B7C > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.jobs:3.9.0 > org.eclipse.core.net=60A0B8927D017917546A76F091636DA4DA421DC9 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.net:1.3.100 > org.eclipse.core.runtime=5A1B57E5C1753858B3FF36876014A547EE608129 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.core.runtime:3.13.0 > org.eclipse.equinox.app=04C01F677E982499789FFA78B628EA67693DB949 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.equinox.app:1.3.400 > org.eclipse.equinox.common=A22125896FF8E25CE913371F54898AF733953ECB > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.equinox.common:3.9.0 > org.eclipse.equinox.preferences=78F9996FE3EAFA560A09EEE083C22154C689FFE1 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.equinox.preferences:3.7.0 > org.eclipse.equinox.registry=9874E42C373D8F90338DBB9A38DAB1DD81EFFFB5 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.equinox.registry:3.7.0 > org.eclipse.equinox.security=34FF7FB0878EE4297A6E99E5223D1F74D87D9C8D > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.equinox.security:1.2.300 > org.eclipse.osgi=D06B54D6947E5956694DEAE4AFEC4538711A7D08 > org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.osgi:3.12.0 > >
