Looks great... regards,
Martin On 6/21/05, Bruno Aranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool! This will make the project lighter and easier to maintain. I've > seen that there is a timestamp check so you will donwload the jar only > if necessary. I think this is an good proposal, > > Regards, > > Bruno > > 2005/6/21, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > First off, thanks to James Mitchell (of the Struts team) who has been > > teaching me the wonders of svn:externals. I hope my SVN reorg will > > make him proud. :-) > > > > While James and I were discussing the Struts layout he also mentioned > > something interesting. They no longer keep any jar files in their > > repository. He has figured out a way to deal with the jar file > > dependencies that does *not* require Maven (ie. can be done from Ant.) > > > > I'm planning on doing something similar as part of the reorg. Check > > out the following steps that allow you to build struts 1.2 without > > specifying a single jar file in your properties ... > > > > $svn co > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/core/branches/STRUTS_1_2_BRANCH/ > > struts-1.2 > > $cd struts-1.2 > > $ant download-dependencies release > > > > Nice! I see no reason to deprive ourselves of the same cool build > > process ;-) Also, its possible to build using local jar files if that > > is your cup of tea (just don't run the download-dependencies target > > and specify the jar file locations in your local props file.) > > > > sean > > >
