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Equinox/p2/Location selection scenarios
This page tries to collect missing features and their motivations (use cases) for the Equinox p2 Update UI.
Install
Select Bundle Pool on Install
It should be possible to select the target bundle pool when installing plug-ins in Eclipse. The functionality can be compared to selecting an extension location when installing plug-ins prior to Equinox p2.
It is mainly motivated by user control to help driving user satisfaction. If you take control away from a user, it will make him/her unhappy. Therefore, a user should be able to keep control over the layout/organization of software on his computer. Additionally, the concept of extension locations has been well adopted within Eclipse. For example, PDE allows to compose plug-ins in wizards, dialogs and editors by grouping plug-ins based on their install locations.