Eclipse Marketplace Client 1.0.0

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Release 1.1 will will update the functionality of the existing MPC to improve the usability and make it easier for more people to use MPC.

Compatibility

Release 1.1 will be compatible with Eclipse 3.6, Eclipse 3.7 and Eclipse 4.0.

Internationalization

The content from Marketplace is English. No plans for internationalization in this release.

Target Environments

The plan is to support the operating systems supported by the EPP packages.

Themes

Get More People to Use MPC

The current version of MPC requires the user to know that the Marketplace Client is accessible from the Eclipse Help menu. We want to implement features that make MPC accessible from other sources. Specific items:
  1. End user should be able to drag and drop a URL to a running Eclipse installation to start an MPC install for a particular product. [336156][336154]
  2. End user should be able to share via e-mail or twitter an Eclipse MPC solution.[336160]

Usability

Make it easier for users to discover relevant solutions within MPC. Specific items:
  1. MPC should show tags that have been specified for a product listing.[336149]
  2. Different third party catalogs should be listed as icons at the bottom of the wizard and switching should be done via selecting the icon.[336157]
  3. Third party catalogs should be allowed to provide more branding, so the end user can see when they are in a different catalog. [336159]

Eclipse 4

MPC will be tested and supported on Eclipse 4.1 release.

Other

Specific items:
  1. Third party catalogs should be discovered from the Eclipse Marketplace server. [328605]
  2. MPC should be able to use alternative p2 repositories to resolve dependencies. [332973]
  3. Splitting code and configuration of the MPC [313581]
This release is part of Helios