The Maven dev list is not the appropriate mailing list for this question. I would try the Nexus user list or the tycho user list.
/Anders On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:12 AM, kai.zimmermann <kai.zimmerm...@robotron.de>wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm looking for a better solution for a problem, I solved it last week, but > I'm not happy ;) > > My task: Create a fully functional Eclipse update site with Nexus (can be > used for updates and target platform definitions) > > My problem: The original extension for P2 sites for Nexus only considers > plugins (https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-p2-repository-plugin) > > Unfortunately, the Fork, which considered features, is also out of date. > But > I found a workaround (https://github.com/reficio/p2-maven-plugin) in Maven > P2 plugin. If a plugin is categorized, you can install it with Eclipse. > > Therefore, I searched for a way to categorize my plugins. I build with > Tycho, but the Nexus does not consider the metadata of Tycho. So I had to > find a way to let Nexus categorize my plugins without Tycho. Finally, I > patched > ( > https://github.com/nachtgold/nexus-p2-bridge-plugin/commit/c0941a2398efd7662dc3c8d64e91fd72d1eb18df > ) > the Nexus P2 bridge plugin and add a default category to each plugin. In > addition, we can use this way to omit features! > > Categorization with Eclipse, I only know the composition of repositories. > Tycho can categorize repositories as well, but the Nexus completely ignored > the metadata. > > Does anyone have a suggestion on how to categorize plugins or bundles? The > target is to construct a more useful processing with these metadata in P2 > Nexus plugin. > > thx Kai > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/Easy-update-sites-for-Eclipse-with-Sonatype-Nexus-tp5731750.html > Sent from the Maven Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
