Re: && packaging plugin...

[David Jencks]

On Jun 30, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Jason Dillon wrote:
Can someone please explain what the following <classPath> bits are  
actually used for w/the packaging plugin...

<snip>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>geronimo-packaging-plugin</artifactId>
                <extensions>true</extensions>
                <configuration>
                   <classPath>../lib/geronimo-qname_1.1_spec-$ 
{geronimoSpecQnameVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/geronimo-common-$ 
{geronimoVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/geronimo-kernel-$ 
{geronimoVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/geronimo-system-$ 
{geronimoVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/geronimo-util-${geronimoVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/cglib-nodep-${cglibVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/commons-cli-${commonsCliVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/commons-logging-$ 
{commonsLoggingVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/log4j-${log4jVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/mx4j-${mx4jVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/mx4j-remote-${mx4jVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/endorsed/xercesImpl-$ 
{xercesVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/endorsed/xmlParserAPIs-$ 
{xmlParserApisVersion}.jar \
                        ../lib/xpp3-${xpp3Version}.jar \
                        ../lib/xstream-${xstreamVersion}.jar \</ 
classPath>
                      
<mainClass>org.apache.geronimo.system.main.ClientCommandLine</ 
mainClass>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</snip>

That sets the manifest classpath for the jar file being created.   
This is needed at the moment because we don't have a repository  
available until the first configuraiton (with a manifest classpath as  
above, including the repository class) is started.  I think Dain has  
some ideas on how to create a bootstrap repository so this manifest  
classpath won't be needed or will be  a lot shorter.

This comes across as very difficult to maintain.

As the principal maintainer over the last year or two, "you're  
telling me!!?!?"

thanks
david jencks


--jason