PDE Target Platform configuration.
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So, I can build eclipse-language-service from Maven fine, but now I wanted to try it out, running hosted from the Eclipse IDE, for which I need a Target Platform. Is there an easy way to set this up? I know the ls-api dependencies are in repository\target\repository, but I couldn't figure out which p2 repo contains org.eclipse.json, neither http://download.eclipse.org/releases/neon nor the latest Orbit repository seems to have it.
Oh, found it, it was in the WST JSON Core feature. I forgot that just searching for "org.eclipse.json" in the repository (in the target platform editor) doesn't work...
The TP editor only shows features, that's why you couldn't see org.eclipse.json.
Once you have a TP working, it would be nice if you could contribute it to this repo and configure build to use it rather than defining repos in pom.xml . A .target file is much more contribution friendly.
An issue is that the gson bundle isn't available as a p2 artifact and than cannot be referenced by a portable .target file.
We'll need to wait for ls-api to include the gson bundle, or for Orbit to get a newer version to have be able to make a good target definition.
We could have the build script generate it, see #20.
Whilst on the topic of IDE configuration, I also get a few of Plugin execution not covered by lifecycle configuration: org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-packaging-plugin:0.25.0: errors. I never used M2E before, so I'm not sure what these mean exactly, nor what's the best way to deal with them.
There should be a m2e-tycho connector. m2e should prompt its installation by default or as a quick-fix for this error message, or you can install it via Preferences > Maven > Discovery > Open Catalog.
I've added a TP based on your proposal and the various discussion we've had ba12025
Is it good enough for you? Should we close this issue?
Yeah, good enough
Thanks..