Hi Tony, a question on your new build system: How should the typical AndroMDA user without CVS access deal with the resulting *.zip files?
I see the following goals: 1) Easy and reliable unpacking of the ZIPs. 2) Easy startup to make a sample project run. 3) Easy re-compilation of AndroMDA from the sources inside the ZIPs, not those from CVS. How can we accomplish this? We're almost there but there is still a little way to go: 1) The user should be able to unzip all the files into the same directory, without thinking about it. This requires that each ZIP contains its own internal subdirectory, there must be almost no files in the root directory of the ZIP. 2) The user should be able to unpack andromda-template-project.zip (not existing today), adjust a property file and launch the generator. This requires that the build script creates andromda-template-project.zip from samples/ejb-template and includes all sources. 3) The user should be able to start ant in the top level directory and the whole generator should be rebuilt. The resulting ZIPs should be identical to the ZIPs (s)he downloaded from SF.net. This requires that the unzipped directory structure be almost identical to the directory structure in CVS, otherwise the scripts will become too complex. Another possibility (suggested by Harald Weyhing): Pack all files into only one *.ZIP. This would make point 1) easier for the user. What do you think about all this? I'd like to have points 1 to 3 fulfilled for the next 2.x release. Do you think you will have time or should somebody help? Cheers... Matthias --- Matthias Bohlen "Consulting that helps project teams to succeed..." http://www.mbohlen.de/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Andromda-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/andromda-devel
