Is the Eclipse platform build process completely automated?
Yes, the Eclipse build process starts with a cron job on our main build machine that initiates a shell script that checks out the builder projects. • org.eclipse.releng.eclipsebuilder -> scripts to build each type of drop • org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder -> a subset of eclipse plugins required to run the build. • we also use several small cvs projects on an internal server that store login credentials, publishing information and jdks Fetch and build scripts are generated automatically by the org.eclipse.pde.build bundle in org.eclipse.releng.basebuilder. Fetch scripts specify the version of code to retrieve from the repository. Build scripts are also generated automatically to compile all java code, determine compile order and manage dependencies. We create a master feature of all the non-test bundles and features used in the build. This feature is signed and packed, and the we create a p2 repo from the packed master feature. Metadata for the products is published to the repository. We
