I've started / moved the discussion over to the terracotta-dev mailing list (you can find it on www.terracotta.org) It looks like the first thing we'll need to do before we move forward is to first Mavenize the Terracotta build and post them on a repository, and then write plugins that make it easy to use in Maven. If we didn't, it would be a pain for users to use any plugins that were developed since they'd need to upload the jars to their local repository.
Feel free to jump in if you'd like on the tc-dev mailing list. I'll get a discussion going again about developing plugins for Terracotta once the build is Mavenized. I must say, the ideas that came out of this discussion were quite impressive. Thanks to all who contributed! Thanks, Jim On 2/19/07, Eric-Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A Maven plugin could be written to configure and deploy a clustered system test scenario. Imagine you want to write JUnit tests to verify that data is being shared correctly across your cluster. We currently have several ways of doing this in our own code base; take a look at: AbstractTransparentApp and AbstractAppServerTestCase. Just last night I completed the initial stages of the Lucene index cluster support which when merged with trunk will behave similarly to what the plugin may want to do. As for using Maven as our build system; we'd like to move forward but it's more of a cost/benefit decision that management will eventually make. Essentially, our current system, in which I have few good things to mention, does get the job done and there is a huge backlog of features, platforms, and software that we'd like to implement/support in the near future; i.e., our hands are a bit full. Not to sound hopeless though, we could be moving to Maven in the next few months. It would actually help the cause if you (anyone interested in this posting) were to join our "dev" mailing list and post a few thoughts about the contributor learning curve and the type of technical advice, related to Maven implementation, that our build engineers would receive from the community. Thanks, Eric --Terracotta, Software Engineer Jim Bethancourt-2 wrote: > > Hi all, > It's great to see such fast response so far, even on a weekend. Please > continue to write to this thread if you're interested in such a plugin or > want to help develop it. > > Eric -- I definitely see where you're coming from and understand > completely > with regards to Terracotta being a platform vs. a module. I was thinking > more along the lines of having a plugin that would bind to a build > lifecycle > phase (such as the install or deploy phase) and perform the bytecode > enhancement at that point. But as Eugene mentioned, that probably > wouldn't > work so well for doing anything other than testing the bytecode-enhanced > code during the test phase of the Maven build cycle. However, it would > certainly be a start to try that out. :-) Would that seem like a > reasonable > goal for now (write a surefire-terracotta / terracotta-surefire plugin?), > or > do you think it would it be best to wait until Terracotta is Mavenized? > > As far as rewriting/Mavenizing Terracotta's build system goes, it would > definitely be helpful for folks who would be interested in adding to > Terracotta's codebase to get up to speed quickly. Any ideas on what kind > of > timeline you're looking at? You could start out with a multi-pom project > with nonstanard directories to get things going and then refactor to a > multi-pom project with standard directory structures once you feel > confident. I've done the first half of what I mentioned to demo Maven 2 > on > an established codebase and it worked really well. Let me know and I'd be > happy to try and help with the effort. > > Thanks, > Jim > > > > On 2/18/07, Eric-Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Raphaël Piéroni-3 wrote: >> > >> > Hi Jim, >> > >> > I think the Mojo community would like to host your plugin. >> > >> > Just ask for at : dev@mojo.codehaus.org >> > >> > Raphaël >> > >> > 2007/2/18, Scott Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> >> >> I would love to work with you on developing the plugin. I heard >> >> about their presentation at the Denver Java User's Group and would >> >> love to look at their technology deeper. I have developed some >> >> plugins already for weblogic and appfuse. >> >> >> >> Scott Ryan >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 18, 2007, at 1:08 PM, Jim Bethancourt wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi all, >> >> > I was wondering if anyone would be interested in developing a Maven >> >> > 2 plugin >> >> > / plugins that would allow for developers to apply Terracotta >> bytecode >> >> > enhancement to their Java code through Maven. I've only worked >> >> > through the >> >> > Terracotta DSO tutorial, but it seems like a Maven plugin would >> >> > make a lot >> >> > of sense to automate the bytecode enhancement through the Maven >> >> > build life >> >> > cycle. I can email the Terracotta folks and ask them if they would >> >> > be able >> >> > to post the Terracotta files on Ibiblio since Maven 2.0.5 now >> supports >> >> > different licenses. >> >> > >> >> > I've dabbled in plugin authoring before as well, but I don't know >> >> > exactly >> >> > what all it would entail in this case. >> >> > >> >> > Please write back and let me know >> >> > 1) If you would find the plugin useful >> >> > and/or >> >> > 2) If you would be interested in helping develop such a plugin >> >> > >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > Jim >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> Hi guys, >> >> Eugene and I work for Terracotta as software engineers. As Eugene has >> mentioned, our DSO implementation instruments bytecode at runtime so >> integrating the product into a build cycle wont be possible. We're really >> working to develop Terracotta as a platform as opposed to a module like >> Apache Commons. We do think that Maven is the right way to go though and >> are >> interested in rewriting our own custom build system to use it. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Terracotta-Maven-plugin%28s%29%2C-anyone--tf3249559s177.html#a9036598 >> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Terracotta-Maven-plugin%28s%29%2C-anyone--tf3249559s177.html#a9047148 Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
