Re: [Jcrbrowser-developers] JCR Browser as an RCP application

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BTW: I will try to create a splash screen image.

Sandro Böhme wrote:

>Hi Ketan,
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>please see my comments below:
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>Ketan Padegaonkar wrote:
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>>Sandro Böhme wrote:
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>>>Hello Ketan,
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>>>thank you very much for the contribution of the RCP capabilities! It
>>>will add a big benefit to the JCR Browser project. I remember at least
>>>one guy who activly asked for this feature. In order to commit and
>>>release it I would first like to discuss some things:
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>>We're actively using JCRBrowser in our project, and having an eclipse
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>It's nice to read that :-).
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>>instance running to use a couple of views on a JCR was too expensive. So
>>the RCP application.
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>Right - in case other IDE 's than Eclipse are used the standalone JCR 
>Browser not so much resource consuming - I agree.
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>>>o Are really all plug-ins listed in the JCRBrowser.product file needed?
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>>I will have to look into the package that I'd sent attached on the
>>bugzilla. Most plugins are part of the RCP, and provide for basic
>>infrastructure for the application. Are there any other specific plugins
>>that you are talking about, which you think should not be needed ?
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>javax.servlet is probably not needed. I tested it and it worked well 
>without it.
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>>The multiple versions of swt are relevant when I'm exporting the product
>>for multiple OSs. I'm right now able to create windows, mac, linux and
>>vista versions of JCRBrowser from one product file after installing the
>>RCP delta pack.
>>See
>>http://wbeaton.blogspot.com/2006/04/targetting-different-version-of-rcp.html
>>and
>>http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/RCP_FAQ#What_is_the_recommended_target_platform_setup.3F__Or:_How_can_I_build_and_run_my_RCP_app_against_a_different_version_of_the_Eclipse_base.3F
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>I will probably be able to test the Mac, Windows and Linux distributions 
>during the next weeks with the hardware from colleagues.
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>>>o Can I simply rename the *.java0000644 files to usual Java files or is
>>>there a special reason why they use this naming pattern?
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>>Oops, I think that there's some issue with the tarball that was attached
>>to the bug entry. I'm unable to do a clean untar of the attachment. I'll
>>attach another entry to the same bug.
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>No problem - thanks.
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>>>o I have no problem with keeping the package name to
>>>"com.thoughtworks.jcrbrowser.rcp". I would just prefer to use
>>>"org.visualcontent.rcp" if I maintain this module in long term. Please
>>>tell me in case you have any interest in maintaining this module and
>>>what you think about the package name.
>>>o To ensure the users know what license is used please add the Apache2
>>>license headers (or a compatible license) to the source files and the
>>>license file to the plug-in root folder. I think it would look like
>>>hijacking of this plug-in if I would do that ;-). Thanks.
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>>I'll want to talk to ThoughtWorks on renaming the package names. I do
>>not think this should be a problem, since ThoughtWorks has a lot of
>>open-source projects.
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>Sounds good.
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>>As far as licensing is concerned, I'll add the relevant Apache 2 Headers
>>to the source code, in my next attachment to the tarball.
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>Perfect.
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>>>o And finally can I do something for you? Like adding a link to your
>>>blog or networking tool to the release info containing that feature? It
>>>will be published at the Sourceforge project page and in the Jackrabbit
>>>mailing list.
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>>You can add a link to my blog: http://ketan.padegaonkar.name/
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>I will do that.
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>I invite you to join the project to be responsible for the RCP version 
>of the JCR Browser you created.
>The scope of the JCR Browser project is quite small. It's just to 
>display the data from as many JCR implementations and deployment models 
>as possible and to navigate through them. Editing capabilities are 
>planned for my follow up project that I'm currently working on. They are 
>out of scope for the JCR Browser. This means the only thing I expect is 
>to maintain and support the RCP aspects of the JCR Browser (which you 
>seem to handle quite well). If that's ok for you I would be glad if I 
>can give you write access to the RCP CVS module of the project and 
>welcome you to the JCR Browser project. But anyway, if you don't have 
>enough time for that it's still the biggest contribution to this project 
>up to now which I appreciate very much.
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>Thanks,
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>Sandro
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