Getting list of F27 packages#

Data Provider#

• The data provider uses a package definition file hosted on F27 to get the list of packages

Package definition file#

• Similar to a memento. It contains packages details including:
  • Title - name of the package
  • Release - package version
  • CPU - target CPU variant
  • Vendor - package provider (mainly QNX)
  • Repository - The F27 repository (e.g. http://community.qnx.com/svn/repos/coreos_pub)
  • Location - the F27 hosting URL within the repository (e.g. trunk/services/system)
  • Description - the package detailed description
• The definition file will be maintained by F27 admin (?)
• The file is publicly accessible, can be downloaded without authentication. Location of the file is - TBD
• The IDE does not cache any package information locally but always queries this the definition file in every new import section

How packages are defined?#

• What is the granularity?
• Source or binary format?
• Make sure packages are build-able before posting?

Gettting F27 login information#

A per repository login prompt#

• Similar to the update manager login panel
• User can have different username and password on different repositories (possible?)
• Username and password are recorded to "Team -> SVN -> Password Management" for future re-use

A preference page to save login username and password#

• Applicable when using the same login info for all repositories
• Has to encypt the password. Leverage the platform "Secure Storage" mechanism (?)
• Still has limitation - save in workspace only. Shall it be able to exported to other workspace?

Parsing dependencies#

Dependencies definition#

• Defined in the "module.tmpl" <requires> tab, example for trunk/services/system

	<!-- Dependencies -->
	<requires>
		<part build="false" location="lib/elf"/>
		<part build="true"  location="lib/c"/>
		<part build="false" location="hardware/startup/lib"/>
		<part build="false" location="utils/m/mkasmoff"/>
	</requires>

Presenting packages#

The model#

User tree#

Action#

Checking out dependencies packages#

Creating projects#