| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
| <faq xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/faq" |
| xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" |
| xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.eclipse.org/webtools/faq schemas/faq.xsd" |
| name="wtp committer faq"> |
| <category name="General"/> |
| <category name="Build/CVS"/> |
| <category name="Source Code"/> |
| <category name="Website"/> |
| <entry id="cvs_1" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>What is the CVS info for the webtools project?</question> |
| <answer> |
| server : dev.eclipse.org<br/> |
| path : /cvsroot/webtools |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="website_1" category="Website"> |
| <question>Who maintains the WTP website?</question> |
| <answer> |
| The WTP website is maintained by the WTP committers.<br/> |
| <br/> |
| Problems and requests should be submitted by opening a <a href="https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Web%20Tools&component=website">bug report</a>. |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="website_2" category="Website"> |
| <question>How do I update the WTP website?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <p> |
| There are two ways: |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| Extract the whole website (www/webtools), make your changes, and run |
| the website build script (build.xml) in the webtools folder. This will |
| build the whole site and is useful if you need to make changes in more than |
| one module (see below). The downside is the website is big and can take |
| a while to extract. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The website is broken up into self contained modules such as community, faq, people, |
| and plans. Extract the module you want to make changes to (such as www/webtools/plans), make your changes, |
| run the build script (build.xml) included in the module, and commit your changes. |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </p> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="website_3" category="Website"> |
| <question>What is the CVS info for the webtools website?</question> |
| <answer> |
| The WTP website is located in the cvs root for the Eclipse website in |
| the www/webtools folder.<br /><br /> |
| server : dev.eclipse.org<br/> |
| path : /cvsroot/org.eclipse |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="general_1" category="General"> |
| <question>Who do we contact in order to get commiter passwords reset?</question> |
| <answer> |
| You need to contact the Eclipse webmaster at <a href="mailto:webmaster@eclipse.org">webmaster@eclipse.org</a>. |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="general_2" category="General"> |
| <question>How do I change my dev.eclipse.org password?</question> |
| <answer> |
| You can change your password using the committer tools available at <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/committers/">https://dev.eclipse.org/committers/</a>. |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="source_1" category="Source Code"> |
| <question>What copyrights should we use? </question> |
| <answer> |
| <p>The copyright statement takes one of these two forms, differing only in the year stated on the first line of text.<br/> |
| IBM copyrights below are examples only and won't apply to everyone in the community.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>If the file's year of invention and last year of modification are the same.<br/> |
| Example:<br/> |
| /*******************************************************************************<br/> |
| * Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation and others.<br/> |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials<br/> |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0<br/> |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at<br/> |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html<br/> |
| *<br/> |
| * Contributors:<br/> |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation<br/> |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| </li> |
| <li>If the file's year of invention and last year of modification are |
| different...<br/> |
| Example:<br/> |
| /*******************************************************************************<br/> |
| * Copyright (c) 2001,2005 IBM Corporation and others.<br/> |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials<br/> |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0<br/> |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at<br/> |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html<br/> |
| * <br/> |
| * Contributors:<br/> |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation<br/> |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| </li> |
| </ul> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="source_2" category="Source Code"> |
| <question>Is there a tool to update the copyright?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <B>org.eclipse.releng.tools </B>plugin from |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index.php">Eclipse download site</a> |
| allows you to fix copyrights. |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="source_3" category="Source Code"> |
| <question>What are the package naming conventions?</question> |
| <answer> |
| See the <a href="../development/guidelines/naming-conventions.html">WTP project naming |
| conventions</a> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="cvs_2" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>How do I add my plugin to the WTP CVS repository?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <ol> |
| <li>On your plugin project select <B>Team->Share Project...</B> context menu.</li> |
| <li>Choose existing repository location (or create a new one if you haven't) for |
| <B>dev.eclipse.org:/home/webtools</B> |
| </li> |
| <li>On the next page, if you know exactly where the plugin should be located in the |
| repository, then select the "Use specified module name" radio button and |
| type in the full path. However, to be safe, it's recommended browsing the repository |
| to obtain the correct path, and then adding the module name. Here is an example:<br/> |
| <br/> |
| Select the "Use an existing module".<br/> |
| Browse and then select the folder where you want your new plugin to reside.<br/> |
| <br/> |
| <img border="0" src="images/shareProject1.gif" width="485" height="602"/><br/> |
| <br/> |
| Notice that the text field is filled in with the path. Reselect the "Use |
| specified module name:" radio button, and append your plugin's name.<br/> |
| <br/> |
| <img border="0" src="images/shareProject2.gif" width="486" height="602"/> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="cvs_3" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>Where can I find more information about CVS?</question> |
| <answer> |
| The <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/?cvsroot=WebTools_Project">WTP |
| CVS respository page</a> contains links to useful CVS documentation including how to |
| use Eclipse with CVS. |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="cvs_4" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>Is there a tool for releasing changes?</question> |
| <answer> |
| Yes. The releng tool plugin is available from the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/downloads" target="_top">Eclipse download page</a>. Each version |
| of Eclipse contains its own releng tool plugin. Select the version of Eclipse you're |
| using. The releng tool plugin is found at the bottom of the page. |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="cvs_5" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>How do I release my changes?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| Commit your changes to the CVS repository. (For information about |
| CVS and committing see the FAQ entry <a href="#cvs_3">Where can I find more information about CVS?</a>) |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Extract the releng project from the CVS repository. This project contains the |
| map files. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <b> |
| *note: It is strongly recommended that you use the releng tool to release |
| your changes. |
| </b> |
| <p> |
| You now have to tag your source files and update the corresponding map entries. |
| Although you can do this manually it is much easier and less error prone to use |
| the releng tool. (See FAQ entry <a href="#cvs_4">Is there a tool for releasing |
| changes?</a>) |
| </p> |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| Select the plug-in you want to release, right click on it and select Team->Release as shown below.<br /><br /> |
| <img src="images/releasemenu.gif"/> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Select the releng project as the map project. Click Next. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| If not already selected, select the plug-ins you want to release. Click Next. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The page displays the changes between the last released version of the plug-in |
| and what is in HEAD. Review the changes. If everything is correct, click Next. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Enter the tag you want to use to release the changes. WTP uses tags of the form |
| vYYYYMMDD_HHMM. Click Next. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| The page displays the changes to the map files. Review the changes. If everything |
| is correct, click Next. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Enter a comment for the release operation and click Finish. |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="cvs_6" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>What do I need to do before releasing changes?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <p> |
| It depends. If you're releasing an isolated fix, you're probably safe to run the |
| JUnit tests for the plugin and, if all pass, release your fix. If you're making |
| a breaking provisional API change (remember, you cannot make breaking API changes) |
| you should announce the change to the WTP dev list advising |
| what has changed, why, and how existing consumers of the provisional API can |
| adapt their plugins to the change. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| It is also good practice to use a current WTP development driver when making |
| changes so as not to cause a break in your plugin due to changes in other |
| plugins. |
| </p> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="cvs_7" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>How do I add a new plugin to WTP?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <p> |
| <b>Follow this proceduce closely. Mistakes will likely cause a build breakage.</b><br/> |
| There are three tasks to add a new plugin to WTP: |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| Commit your new plug-in to the CVS repository. See <a href="#cvs_2">How do I add my plugin to the WTP CVS repository?</a> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p> |
| Add your plugin to the appropriate feature. Features are located under the |
| subproject's assembly component. For example, for WST you can find features |
| at wst/components/assembly/features. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| A feature entry will look like the following:<br /> |
| <br /> |
| <plugin<br /> |
|     id="org.eclipse.wst.common.uriresolver"<br /> |
|     download-size="0"<br /> |
|     install-size="0"<br /> |
|     version="0.0.0"/><br /> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| After you've added your plugin to the feature, commit the changes |
| and release the feature. |
| </p> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Add your plugin to the appropriate map file. Map files are located in the |
| releng component. A map file entry will look like the following:<br /> |
| <br/> |
| plugin@org.eclipse.wst=v20050718_2336,:pserver:anonymous@dev.eclipse.org:/home/webtools,,wst/components/assembly/plugins/org.eclipse.wst<br /> |
| <br /> |
| After updating the map file commit it to the repository. |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| <p> |
| Your plugin is now in the repository, included in a feature, and included |
| in a map. Now release your plugin. |
| </p> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </p> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="cvs_8" category="Build/CVS"> |
| <question>How do I jar my plug-in?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <p> |
| First of all, jarring is not an option for every plug-in. If your plugin contains |
| multiple jars you can't jar your plug-in. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| There are a three steps to jarring your plugin: |
| <ol> |
| <li> |
| Update your plug-in's build.properties file to include the source.. and |
| output.. keys as well as "." for bin.includes and src.includes as follows:<br /> |
| <br /> |
| source.. = src/<br /> |
| output.. = bin/<br /> |
| bin.includes = plugin.xml,\<br /> |
|                META-INF/,\<br /> |
|                .,\<br /> |
|                plugin.properties,\<br /> |
|                about.html<br /> |
| src.includes = exsd/,\<br /> |
|                .,\<br /> |
|                build.properties<br /> |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Update your plug-in's manifest (MANIFEST.MF) by removing the line beginning with "Bundle-ClassPath". |
| </li> |
| <li> |
| Update the feature entry for your plugin to include the unpack=false attribute.<br /> |
| <br /> |
| <plugin<br /> |
|     id="org.eclipse.wst.common.uriresolver"<br /> |
|     download-size="0"<br /> |
|     install-size="0"<br /> |
|     version="0.0.0"<br /> |
|     unpack="false"/> |
| </li> |
| </ol> |
| </p> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| <entry id="source_4" category="Source Code"> |
| <question>What comment should I use when declaring public provisional API?</question> |
| <answer> |
| <p> |
| The following comment should be placed in each provisional API class description:<br /> |
| <br /> |
| * <p><br /> |
| * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to<br /> |
| * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback<br /> |
| * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken<br /> |
| * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.<br /> |
| * </p> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| See the WST <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/wst/components/server/plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/servercore/org/eclipse/wst/server/core/IModule.java?rev=1.12&cvsroot=WebTools_Project&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup" target="_top">Server core plugin</a> for an example. |
| </p> |
| </answer> |
| </entry> |
| </faq> |
