Hello, When can we expect this 1.0 release to be deployed on central ?
Nico. 2008/1/10, Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 4:39 AM, nicolas de loof wrote: > > +1 > > Interesting way to use tomcat from eclipse as an alternative to jetty:run, > without requirement for packaging. I myslef used to run war:inplace for > similar purpose, but using devloader with this plugin is even simplier. > > > It's a tool I stumbled upon a few years ago, and I've never been convinced > that it is the right way to develop web applications with Eclipse. The > main reason I use this tool is because every once in a while, I have the > need to set a breakpoint in something that runs in plain-old Tomcat. I'm > sure I could get the same thing with the web development tools Eclipse ships > with, but every time I try to use the Eclipse Web Tools platform I always > end up with an IDE that starts consuming huge amounts of memory and tries to > get me to change the way I'm developing web applications. > > I've always felt that the Sysdeo eclipse plugin was a little strange: > http://www.eclipsetotale.com/tomcatPlugin.html. I don't know how many > people really use it, the plugin download site briefly disappeared in > 2006, and the tool isn't open source. Other than those negatives, as long > as there is a Maven plugin generating .tomcatplugin, it tends to do it's > job if you are careful about keeping the contexts updated. > > I'll promote this plugin in my coprporate maven toolbox, and naturally > contribute ! > > > Great. Right now, I know a few people who use it. I've got 3 +1 > votes, and the vote thread generated some bug fixes for session scoped > dependencies. I'll probably cut a release this upcoming weekend, and then > work on a 1.1 release that updates the dependency resolution logic. > After that, this might be one of those plugins that could be considered > "done". > > Nico. > > 2008/1/6, Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >: > > > > This plugin has been in the sandbox for a year. The site is here: > > http://mojo.codehaus.org/sysdeo-tomcat-maven-plugin/ > > > > It was developed for people who happen to use the Sysdeo Tomcat > > Eclipse Plugin. If you use that plugin and build your war packaged > > projects with eclipse, you'll testify to the struggle you have > > constantly making sure that provided scope dependencies are excluded > > from the Sysdeo Tomcat Eclipse Plugin's classpath. You'll also be > > familiar with the annoyance of having to cut and paste any content in > > context.xml into the plugin's configuration. This plugin takes care > > of that busy work and piggybacks on the Eclipse plugin to generate > > the .tomcatplugin file automatically. > > > > I've been using it without problems for a year, if anyone wants help > > testing it let me know. > > > > Tim > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list please visit: > > > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > > > > >
