FYI, I'm expecting to tag 1.2.4-RC1 and start the release process later
today.

Mark


On 23/11/2020 12:45, Rob Tompkins wrote:
> I see. Let me give that a whirl
> 
>> On Nov 23, 2020, at 3:58 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Rob,
>>
>> You shouldn't need to install any version of Visual Studio. The CMSC
>> uses some freely distributable VS2008 components.
>>
>> You should be able to just use the latest CMSC binary distribution from
>> GitHUb.
>>
>> I think the Tomcat instructions are based on building the CMSC from
>> source. I don't know whether binary distributions weren't being provided
>> when I set up my build environment, whether I missed that they were
>> available of whether I wanted to build it from source for integrity reasons.
>>
>> If you want to go the build your own route, I have tried to expand on
>> the instructions at:
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/Common+Native+Build+Environment
>>
>> although it is probably simpler just to use a binary distribution of
>> CMSC from github.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>> On 22/11/2020 17:15, Rob Tompkins wrote:
>>> @Mark - are you using VS2008 on windows 10? I’m trying to piece together 
>>> the build environment from this line:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/src/native/windows/README.txt#L31-L32
>>>
>>> refrencing Mladen Turk's repo
>>>
>>> https://github.com/mturk/cmsc/tree/cb6be932c8c95a46262a64a89e68aae620dfdcee 
>>> <https://github.com/mturk/cmsc/tree/cb6be932c8c95a46262a64a89e68aae620dfdcee>
>>>
>>> suggesting using Visual Studio 2008 with "cl is 15.00.21022.08,” which I 
>>> can’t find a windows 10 installer for. That said, you have
>>> the documentation for buildling the tomcat binaries 
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/Common+Native+Build+Environment
>>>  
>>> <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TOMCAT/Common+Native+Build+Environment>
>>>  which again references Turk’s repo with a later commit “132baba36” and 
>>> using Windows 10, but Turk still says to use Visual Studio 2008. If I 
>>> install the latest windows visual studio installation and run the nmake I 
>>> do get files generated out of the “nmake” commands, but I’m still 
>>> consistently unable to run Turk’s “setenv.bat /x86”.
>>>
>>> Personally I want to understand what’s going on here, but this is 
>>> definitely a build environmen that is quite foreign to me. I don’t want to 
>>> hold up the release of Daemon 1.2.4 with my lack of aptitude in the “C” 
>>> build departments.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>>
>>>>> On Nov 19, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I’m going to have to say that building and releasing daemon isn’t very 
>>>> clear to me as to how to proceed. The documentation that we do have 
>>>> namely: 
>>>> https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/HOWTO-RELEASE.txt 
>>>> <https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/HOWTO-RELEASE.txt>, 
>>>> and 
>>>> https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/src/native/windows/README.txt
>>>>  
>>>> <https://github.com/apache/commons-daemon/blob/master/src/native/windows/README.txt>
>>>>  aren’t enough help for me to get the C portion of the project to build in 
>>>> windows appropriately. 
>>>>
>>>> @Mark - I’m happy to validate the RC, but given my problems building the 
>>>> project generally, I don’t know my +1 is actually of any service because 
>>>> there’s far more here than I originally thought.
>>>>
>>>> All that said, I will continue to play around with the linux build for the 
>>>> time being as to understand it more. But, I don’t think that you guys 
>>>> should wait for me to do the build for this 1.2.4 release because I’m 
>>>> going to be too slow.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> -Rob
>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 17, 2020, at 10:23 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2020, at 2:53 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org 
>>>>>>> <mailto:ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15/11/2020 22:36, Rob Tompkins wrote:
>>>>>>>> So this is my first time in here. You build both unix and windows 
>>>>>>>> binaries? Do you normally do this using windows linux subsystem as a 
>>>>>>>> mechanism to get both sets of binaries from a single machine or do you 
>>>>>>>> perform two builds?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do the majority of the release from a Linux box, following the steps
>>>>>>> in /HOWTO-RELEASE.txt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I build the the Windows binaries on a Windows VM and transfer the files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We don't provide binaries for any other platform.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The unix source does require buildconf to be run which is why I do the
>>>>>>> majority of the release on Linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see. Thanks. Will try to get it built today.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just an update….still finding around with the windows build in-between my 
>>>>> day-job activities. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 14, 2020, at 3:53 PM, Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 14, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org 
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 13/11/2020 19:19, Rob Tompkins wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hm….don’t have a windows machine laying around. Could maybe use AWS 
>>>>>>>>>>> to stand up something like that for the release.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I can build and sign the Windows binaries for you once you have a 
>>>>>>>>>> tag.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Will work on this tomorrow
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 13, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:garydgreg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Rob,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you have access to a Windows PC or VM?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 13:28 Rob Tompkins <chtom...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:chtom...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I recall correctly, I offered to do the next release when the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> time came
>>>>>>>>>>>>> in order to set up the release plugin. @MarkT - let me know what 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you’re
>>>>>>>>>>>>> thinking.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Nov 13, 2020, at 1:14 PM, Gary Gregory 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <garydgreg...@gmail.com <mailto:garydgreg...@gmail.com>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all & markt,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts on getting the recent fixes out in a release sooner 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rather
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> than later?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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