Add P2 Manager Mojo to tycho-p2-extras-plugin

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Overview

This PR adds a new p2-manager goal to the tycho-p2-extras-plugin that provides a convenient way to maintain, update, and manage the integrity of public P2 update sites. The mojo wraps the P2 Manager application from JustJ Tools and offers a much simpler and more validated configuration compared to using the eclipse-run goal directly.

Problem

Currently, using the P2 Manager from Maven requires a complex setup using the eclipse-run goal. This approach has several drawbacks:

• Requires extensive knowledge of the P2 Manager application
• Configuration is mostly a large block of text that is not validated
• Easy to make mistakes with parameter names and values
• No IDE support for configuration parameters
• Poor discoverability of available options

Solution

This PR introduces a new tycho-p2-extras:p2-manager mojo that:

• Sources the P2 Manager application from https://download.eclipse.org/justj/tools/updates/
• Provides properly typed and validated Maven parameters for all P2 Manager options
• Offers IDE auto-completion and parameter validation
• Follows the same pattern as the SBOM generator mojo for consistency

Features

The P2 Manager helps with:

• Promoting builds to update sites (nightly, milestone, or release)
• Generating composite repositories
• Managing repository history and retention policies
• Creating browsable HTML pages for your update sites
• Maintaining repository integrity

Example Usage

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.eclipse.tycho.extras</groupId>
    <artifactId>tycho-p2-extras-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>${tycho-version}</version>
    <executions>
        <execution>
            <id>promote-build</id>
            <goals>
                <goal>p2-manager</goal>
            </goals>
            <configuration>
                <root>${project.build.directory}/updatesite</root>
                <promote>file:${project.build.directory}/repository</promote>
                <timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
                <type>nightly</type>
                <retain>7</retain>
            </configuration>
        </execution>
    </executions>
</plugin>

Changes

• New Mojo: P2ManagerMojo.java with comprehensive parameter mapping from the P2Manager application
• Documentation:
  • Updated site.xml to link the new mojo under "Creating update sites using category.xml"
  • Added new section in Category.md with usage examples and parameter descriptions
  • Added entry to RELEASE_NOTES.md announcing the new feature
• Parameters: All P2Manager application parameters are properly mapped including:
  • Basic: root, verbose, label, type, retain, timestamp
  • Promotion: promote, promoteProducts, buildUrl
  • UI customization: favicon, titleImage, bodyImage
  • Filtering: iuFilterPattern, primaryIUFilterPattern, excludedCategoriesPattern
  • Advanced: simrelAlias, bree, summary, mappings, etc.

Testing

• Plugin compiles successfully with Java 21
• Mojo is properly registered and discoverable via mvn help:describe
• Parameter validation works correctly (e.g., required root parameter)
• Can be invoked from command line and in pom.xml configurations

Fixes #[issue-number]

Original prompt

Create a new mojo for the P2 manager

Currently if one wants to use the P2 Manager (https://eclipse.dev/justj/?page=tools) from maven it requires a quite complex setup using the eclipse-run goal. While this works it has the drawback of require a lot of kowledge and configuration is mostly a large block of text that is not validated and easy to get wrong.

Instead we should supply a mojo that wrapps the application call like we did for the SBOM generator (tycho-sbom-plugin/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tycho/sbom/plugin/GeneratorMojo.java):

• Create a new P2ManagerMojo mojo in the tycho-p2-extras-plugin that sources the application from https://download.eclipse.org/justj/tools/updates/ like in the SBOM Generator
• Create mojo parameters from the P2Manager Application found in https://github.com/eclipse-justj/justj.tools/blob/master/plugins/org.eclipse.justj.p2/src/org/eclipse/justj/p2/P2Manager.java
• Link the mojo under the "Creating update sites using category.xml" section in the site.xml
• add a new section in the Category.md describing the mojo and a short introduction in what it does
• add a new entry to the RELEASE_NOTES.MD so users getting aware of this new feature

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[laeubi]

FYI @merks

[laeubi]

@waynebeaton again a request to provide something similar we have, but only as a rough concept.. generating a whole new thing! Obviously not just completely trivial even if repetitive of course. AI adds copyright header that claims I own the copyright.. Maybe we need some "AI Generated Content" or generic "The Eclipse/Tycho/.. Project team" Copyright header to used... would be good to have a general recommendation I think.