OK, this sounds fantastic. Play Framework is exactly the same as IJ because it's the kind of framework that the users have to install by themselves, so the same reasoning and solution should apply and point to an "exempt pre-req".
This is really awesome news :) Thanks! On 03/10/17 17:25, Wayne Beaton wrote: > It sounds to me like IDEA is what we refer to as a "exempt pre-req" > dependency. AFAICT, it's the sort of thing that the kind of user who > will use the corresponding Eclipse Ceylon functionality (i.e. the > plug-in) will install for themselves (and accept the license). > > It's enough to just create a CQ for IDEA itself and, when the system > asks you to attach source code, just comment that it's a "exempt > pre-req". You don't have to capture the transitive closure of > dependencies for an exempt pre-req. > > Note that we do have a bug open > <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=518318> to make the > system stop asking for source code on a "works with" that I'll extend > to include exempt pre-reqs as well. > > There's more information in the Guidelines for the Review of Third > Party Dependencies > <http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse_Policy_and_Procedure_for_3rd_Party_Dependencies_Final.pdf>. > More of this information needs to be moved into the handbook. > > Regarding Play Framework, I recommend that you contact > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and ask them > how they recommend you proceed. They want to reduce the amount of > effort required as much as you do. > > HTH, > > Wayne > > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 5:16 AM, Stephane Epardaud <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > In the process of migrating Ceylon to Eclipse, I've made several > dozens CQs, and I'm already quite fed up, because all of this is > manual and repetitive. But I'm seeing the end, and I'm down to two > huge deps, that are pre-reqs IMO, but I don't think I can make CQs > for them: > > - IntelliJ IDEA, because we have an IJ plugin, which quite > obviously pre-reqs on IDEA, since it requires it to build and run, > and uses several jars from it, which have who knows what runtime > deps. I've made a CQ for IJ IDEA sources, which is a 50meg zip > file, but I forgot IJ also has jar deps. 610 to be precise. I've > no idea which transitive jars my plugin actually requires, but > I'll venture that I probably can't know that easily. > > - Play Framework 1.2.6, for a web application written for this > framework. Again obvious pre-req since it's required to build and > run. Same problem about dependencies not being obvious but the jar > list is 61. > > I am really supposed to make 671 CQs just for those two pre-reqs? > I don't think I can, without it being a full-time job for months. > And I don't think I want to, because there's no way I'd do that > again when we upgrade our dep. > > What possible solution do I have here? > > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > incubation mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or > unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation > <https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation> > > > > > -- > Wayne Beaton > Director of Open Source Projects > The Eclipse Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > incubation mailing list > [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from > this list, visit > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/incubation
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