This is a good idea. I like it.
+1
Cheers
Prasad
On 8/11/06, Aaron Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sounds fine to me.
Thanks,
Aaron
On 8/11/06, Jason Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A while ago there was talks about independently versioning specs, and
> Alan started a reorg branch which gives each spec module its own trunk
> +branches+tags...
>
> I have been thinking about this for a while, and with the recent
> desire to split off more modules from geronimo/trunk I've been
> pondering it even more. What I have come to believe is that spitting
> up spec modules into their own trunk+branches+tags is probably not
> the best direction for us to head in.
>
> I believe that all of our specs can, and should, share one trunk...
> and still have each module specify its own version. This is very
> similar to how Maven2 plugins is setup, see here:
>
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/plugins
>
> Each plugin has its own version that changes independently. The top-
> level pom has a version too, which is independent and is only changed
> when there is a major configuration change in that pom.
>
> I recommend that we follow this model for our specs.
>
> The advantage to one trunk, is that it facilitates easy check out and
> building when you just want all of the specs. If each spec was in
> its own trunk, you would need to svn co each one, then mvn install in
> each tree, which is a pain.
>
> We also almost never branch specs, they just keep chugging along,
> only really needing tags to track released versions.
>
> So, here is what I propose:
>
> specs/trunk/pom.xml
> specs/trunk/<artifactId>
> specs/tags/<artifactId>/<version>
>
> And if needed:
>
> specs/branches/<artifactId>/<name>
>
> This is a single trunk so to build all specs:
>
> svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/specs/trunk/ specs
> cd specs
> mvn install
>
> To release an individual spec, say geronimo-spec-jms:
>
> cd specs/geronimo-spec-jms
> mvn release
>
> The m2 release plugin can be configured with a _tag base_, which we
> can set to:
>
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/specs/tags/$
> {pom.artifactId}
>
> When released, the plugin will svn cp just the module's directory
> into a directory under tags, so it will be easy to see what the
> released versions of a specific spec are.
>
> * * *
>
> I really do not see the need for each spec to have its own trunk, and
> really I think that if we did then it would just make it more
> difficult for cases when we really want all specs.
>
> I do not see any downside to the approach above.
>
> I recommend that we implement this. The only major change, which
> isn't that major, is that the properties which live in the root pom
> that control the versions need to be removed... or rather moved back
> to the <version> element of the respective pom.
>
> Comments?
>
> --jason
>
>
