Petals Studio

Because I'm willing to set it up as soon as possible...

Commits # 1937 to # 1948
Add POM files in all the projects and in all the intermediate directories
Add a parent project
Add a target-definition project
Add a project for the product definition
Add a new RCP feature for Tycho builds

For the moment, Tycho and PDE builds will coexist. Tycho is still missing some features (for the shape... Otherwise, built products work). PDE builds will be removed as soon as Tycho supprts these features.
The most important one to expect is a correct support for branding (with the about dialog).

For the record, here is what needs to be completed to close this bug:

• Customize the icons for Windows executables.
• Be able to complete and update the about dialog.
• Remove root files like epl-v10.html and others ones which are added by the Eclipse RCP feature (an ANT script should do the trick).
• Move the plugin_customiation.ini file in the configuration sub-directory.
• Test these builds under Linux.

Commit # 1949
Repair the about dialog
Set the icons for Windows executables

Commits # 1953 to # 1956
Ignore target directories

About the root files, ANT does not work (no intermediate phase between the materialization and the archive creation).
TODO: ask on the ML and/or create a feature request for that

A script shell might do the job, with a release profile to run under Linux.

Commit # 1960
Rename the generated archives
Commented samples to remove the extra files

There are still 3 files that are embedded in the final zip and which should not. They are not conflicting with other files, they are just useless.
+ readme (directory)
+ notice.html
+ epl-v10.html

They come from the RCP feature. Since Maven and ANT are too heavy to invoke a light-weight cleaning script, these files will have to be removed manually. The POM includes commented snippets with a Groovy script and another ANT task that should be used with ANT-contrib. Since Maven downloads the entire internet for these solutions to work, they were disabled. A feature request will be posted on Tycho's JIRA for a new goal and phase that will address this issue.

Also, note that Maven builds fail for MacOS distributions (with builds on Linux and Windows).
This is due to a bug in Tycho. See https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/TYCHO-520 for more details.
Since MacOS is not officially supported, this is a minor thing we will fix later. I consider the move toward Maven builds done.

There are still 3 files that are embedded in the final zip and which should not. They are not conflicting with other files, they are just useless.
+ readme (directory)
+ notice.html
+ epl-v10.html

I managed to delete these files by adding instructions in the p2.inf file.
No need of ANT or Maven...