Ok, now I get it, its that folks don't know Maven, MarkW you use the "profiles.xml" file to define your local build settings / defaults that differ from the generic build. So in a sense, you already have a file based approach present.
Mark On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Mark H. Wood <mw...@iupui.edu> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 02:43:45PM -0500, Tim Donohue wrote: >> Mark & all, >> >> We actually are using 'maven.test.skip' property. It's just that we >> default it to "true". >> >> So, running: >> >> mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=false >> >> will execute all our Unit Tests. >> >> If I recall correctly, I think we defaulted this property to 'true' >> (i.e. skip unit tests) because we didn't want people building DSpace >> from the source release (dspace-src-release-x.x.x) to need to remember >> to pass a flag to turn off the Unit Tests. But, if there is a good >> reason to change this default setting, we could obviously do so. >> >> We would just need to make sure to change our build & install >> Documentation to recommend running 'mvn package -Dmaven.test.skip=true', >> if you don't want to wait for all the Unit Tests to run. > > And that's why I wanted a flag file or some such: nobody should have > to type '-Dsome.long.unmemorable.property.name' every! single! time! > Not developers. Not installers. > > But it's not a major point; I just offered my approach as a way to > perhaps make testing more palatable. > > -- > Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mw...@iupui.edu > Asking whether markets are efficient is like asking whether people are smart. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric > Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup > Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, > optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-devel mailing list > Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel > > -- Mark R. Diggory @mire - www.atmire.com 2888 Loker Avenue East - Suite 305 - Carlsbad - CA - 92010 Esperantolaan 4 - Heverlee 3001 - Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AppSumo Presents a FREE Video for the SourceForge Community by Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup Methodology on "Lean Startup Secrets Revealed." This video shows you how to validate your ideas, optimize your ideas and identify your business strategy. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appsumosfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list Dspace-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
