will take a look :-) -Marshall

On 11/25/2019 11:06 AM, Peter Klügl wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I've read the page on our website and even remembered what we did years
> ago when the composite site was refactored.
>
> I am of course aware of our time difference and I planned to wait for
> your response, but then I just gave it a try and it worked better than
> expected. Do you think that could be a problem for the RC?
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Peter
>
>
> Am 25.11.2019 um 16:55 schrieb Marshall Schor:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I found a bunch of stuff from my last work on composite update sites (and 
>> plain
>> update sites), and found I had not check these into svn.  I've just fixed 
>> that... 
>>
>> These are in the "build" set of projects: uima-eclipse-composite-update-site
>> (was updated previously to set up the version 3 composite update site), and
>> uima-eclipse-update-site-removing - a small utility for running eclipse
>> utilities to remove older update sites.  There's also a
>> uima-eclipse-update-site-slicing - used when you want to move some older 
>> update
>> sites to an "archive" spot.
>>
>> Here's a quick summary: Because uima v3 things are not compatible with v2 
>> things
>> (due to JCas being different), we have 2 eclipse update composite sites: The 
>> v2
>> one is "eclipse-update-site", The v3 one is "eclipse-update-site-v3".
>>
>> (We also have another update site, called "archive-eclipse-update-site" - 
>> which
>> you should use to move much older and no longer actively needed versions (but
>> which you still want users to be able to find if needed).
>>
>> Our website downloads page has a section for Eclipse Update Sites which also 
>> has
>> these links, and reference to the archive:
>>
>> http://uima.apache.org/downloads.cgi#Eclipse%20Update%20Site
>>
>> The page
>> https://uima.apache.org/eclipse-update-site.html#Composite%20Update%20Sites 
>> on
>> our website (linked from the left-hand nav bar) has instructions (which 
>> ought to
>> be reviewed for correctness / sanity / :-) ) on how to update the composite
>> site(s) when needed.
>>
>> see 
>> https://uima.apache.org/eclipse-update-site.html#Composite%20Update%20Sites
>>
>> Finally, remember you have the option of "signing" the Jars used in the 
>> update
>> site, so that when users install your plugins, they no longer get those 
>> messages
>> about "you are about to install unsigned .... ".  Instructions for how to do
>> this are here:
>> https://uima.apache.org/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.html  (probably need to 
>> add
>> more links to this.  There's one in the
>> https://uima.apache.org/checklist-release.html doc...
>>
>> -Marshall
>>
>> On 11/25/2019 4:06 AM, Peter Klügl wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder how the Ruta v3 update is released and how I should prepare the RC.
>>>
>>>
>>> There is no subsite yet, so I assume the composite update site needs to
>>> be updated and thus also needs to be reviewed/released.
>>>
>>> Should we do that in one process or in two? Should the RC for the update
>>> site contain only the subsite as we normally do it or should I prepare a
>>> complete update site including uimaj and an updated composite?
>>>
>>>
>>> I think I go with the second option... opinions?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>

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