Thanks Brian. I just took a look at the JIRA ticket - I'll follow the steps you 
suggested and post any additional questions/comments there.
Greg

On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:01 PM, Brian Fox wrote:

> Greg, I created the issue and setup the project. See my comments here
> regarding the bundles:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-2364
> 
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Brian Fox <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Greg, yes I'll take a look. Since it's an apache project, we should
>> use http://repository.apache.org for this. We have support to stage
>> bundles in the latest version so let me get the pivot project setup
>> and then I'll give some docs on this. Can you file a jira
>> here:https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-1896 ?
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi Brian,
>>> 
>>> I managed to install the Pivot artifacts in a local Maven repository and 
>>> successfully built a sample project that lists them as dependencies. So, I 
>>> am optimistic that the POMs are structured correctly.
>>> 
>>> Next, I attempted to package the artifacts for manual upload as described 
>>> on this page:
>>> 
>>> http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-central-repository-upload.html
>>> 
>>> The results are in this zip file, which contains one JAR per Pivot artifact:
>>> 
>>> http://ixnay.biz/pivot-bundles.zip
>>> 
>>> Would it be possible for you to take a quick look and verify that they are 
>>> in the correct format for manual upload?
>>> 
>>> If so, what would be the next steps to get them into the central 
>>> repository? Is there still a way for Apache projects to do this without 
>>> needing to go through the 4-week process described on the upload page? If 
>>> not, that's OK - I'm just wondering.
>>> 
>>> (Note that the artifacts themselves are not actually ready for upload - I 
>>> am just trying to get the process worked out in anticipation of Pivot's 
>>> graduation. The final artifacts for Pivot 1.4 probably won't be ready for 
>>> another few weeks.)
>>> 
>>> Thanks again for your help,
>>> Greg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 3, 2009, at 11:27 AM, Brian Fox wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Greg, I'll take a look later today and ping back on the pivot dev
>>>> list with what I find.
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Greg Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Forwarding this message to [email protected] in case 
>>>>> [email protected] wasn't the right place. Also, since sending the 
>>>>> original message, I have heard that the document I had been referring to 
>>>>> might be outdated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can anyone help?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Greg
>>>>> 
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> From: Greg Brown <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Date: December 2, 2009 12:38:13 PM EST
>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>>>> Subject: Upload Apache Pivot artifacts to central repository
>>>>>> Reply-To: [email protected]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Apache Pivot is preparing for graduation, and we would like to upload 
>>>>>> our next set of release artifacts to the central Maven repository. We 
>>>>>> don't currently use Maven as a build tool, so I have been trying to 
>>>>>> follow the manual upload instructions listed here:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html#maven-repo
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There is a section at the bottom that is meant to explain how to create 
>>>>>> an appropriate POM file, but it does not appear to be complete:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html#repository-descriptor
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have created some POMs that I think should work, but it would be very 
>>>>>> helpful if someone with a knowledgeable eye could take a quick look to 
>>>>>> make sure that they contain the correct information, are structured 
>>>>>> properly, etc. There is a root POM in the trunk, and a POM in each 
>>>>>> project-specific subdirectory that we plan to publish to the repository 
>>>>>> (note that these files refer to the anticipated future name and location 
>>>>>> of the project, as opposed to its current Incubator name and location):
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pivot/trunk/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Based on the documentation I have read thus far, I assume that we'll 
>>>>>> want to place our compiled JARs in a pivot/jars directory, and structure 
>>>>>> our POMs as follows:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> pivot/poms
>>>>>>    pom.xml
>>>>>>    /core/pom.xml
>>>>>>    /web/pom.xml
>>>>>>    /wtk/pom.xml
>>>>>>    /wtk-terra/pom.xml
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't think we'll need to use the distributions directory, and I 
>>>>>> assume that the licenses directory should simply contain a copy of our 
>>>>>> main LICENSE file. Is this all correct?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Also, one of our mentors, Martijn Dashorst, suggested that there might 
>>>>>> be a top-level ASF POM that the root Pivot POM could extend (rather than 
>>>>>> duplicating the ASF info). If so, could you point us to it?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks - your assistance is very much appreciated!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Greg Brown
>>>>>> Apache Pivot
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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