Ah!
Thanks for this info Mark, I never thought about managing local code this
way... I’ve just been sticking to SVN, myself - partly because I intend to
contribute most of my patches to the SF tracker and I understand that SVN diffs
against latest tags/branches are preferred.
I think you might have prematurely hit the send button? I’m keen to hear the
rest of this method. (not a maven expert by a long shot)
Cheers,
Kim.
From: Diggory Mark [mailto:mdigg...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2009 10:10 a.m.
To: Thornton,Susan M. (LARC-B702)[NCI INFORMATION SYSTEMS]
Cc: dspace-tech
Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Local modifications to DSpace .java programs,in 1.5.1
Susan,
The way to do it without altering the code in place requires creating a custom
maven project within the dspace/modules/ directory, wiring it into the
dspace/pom.xml and dspace/modules/pom.xml so that it compiles into the build
process.
At this point, I'm seeing community member using both approaches, and I'm
unsure which I would most recommend. But here's what I try to approach as a
best practice.
1.) I don't like to alter code in place in dspace-api, dspace-xmlui or any of
those projects unless I intend to contribute it into the next release of DSpace
1.5.x
2.) Keeping all those projects around lengthens the build process and if your
not using all of them (dspace-sword, lni, etc) thats a lot of compile time for
nothing.
3.) Once configured properly, your changes in dspace/modules/xxx will always be
separate from the rest of the codebase, but you will still need to verify that
upgrades don't break your customizations by comparing your code to the
original. Something we continue to strive to get away from.
So I would recommend the following steps:
a.) create a dspace/modules/custom-api/pom.xml for your api changes. That looks
something like the attached pom.xml
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