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Difference between revisions of "Equinox p2 UM workflows"

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Revision as of 13:49, 19 June 2008

This page captures user scenarios in the Eclipse Update Manager and discusses issues or problems that were to be solved by the next provisioning UI (Equinox p2 User Interface).

Scenarios

Check for updates

Help > Software Updates > Find and Install...

UMFindAndInstall.jpg

Search for updates of the currently installed features > Finish

UMMirrorSelection.jpg

Select Mirror > OK

UMUpdateResults.jpg

Expand Site> Expand Category > Checkmark items > Next

UMLicense.jpg

I Accept > Next

UMInstallReview.jpg

Finish

What can I get?

Here's something cool on the web

What do I have?

Automatic Updating

What's wrong?

Repo management

Problems

  • Artificial separation of searching ("what can I get") vs. managing ("what do I have") due to performance characteristics of update sites (long download times).
  • High click count to find new content or add new content found on web
  • Repo management part of basic workflows
  • No way to find something by name
  • Presentation of detail that user didn't understand (error messages referencing software user didn't know about)
  • No ability to retarget UI (dialog vs. preference page) - "All or Nothing" implementation

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