Hi Sergio,
You're free to put your customizations wherever works best for you.
I find that making customization directly to dspace-api, dspace-jspui to be
very efficient, especially since I have a solid version control system
behind it all. So for me to see what I've changed since the last release,
its a simple git diff dspace-1.6.2. Also if I make a customization which I
would like to share with the community, you don't send in a patch against
module-overlay, you send a patch against the regular code structure. Also, I
haven't had good outcomes using module-overlay to make customizations to
dspace-api, as I wasn't always certain that my customizations were in
effect.
Additionally, you can look at all of your customizations through a graphical
diff tool, such as Meld, and you'll be able to spot all of your changes.
Especially since Meld has three-way directory diffs. So you can compare a
directory that is 1.6.2-clean checkout, against your current 1.6.2-custom.
And if you're doing an upgrade to 1.7, you could have the three way diff
open, and every customization you have between 1.6.2-clean and 1.6.2-custom,
you can apply to 1.7.
And, if you're really clever in managing your code in git, then the upgrade
could be as simple as:
git checkout dspace-1.7
git merge dspace-1.6-custom
git mergetool (To visually inspect and correct any conflicts, it
opens meld as a three-way diff resolver)
git commit
--
Peter Dietz
Systems Developer/Engineer
Ohio State University Libraries
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Thornton, Susan M. (LARC-B702)[LITES] <
[email protected]> wrote:
> It's also nice sometimes if you have problems to be able to compare your
> version with the original version. Of course you could always download it
> again, but it's easier to do if it's already there. J
>
> Sue
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sue Walker-Thornton
>
> Software Developer/Database Administrator
>
> NASA Langley Research Center|LITES Contract
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wally Grotophorst [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 8:57 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] JSPUI Customization
>
>
>
> Sergio,
>
>
>
> I'll give you the reason I prefer to make mods using the process that
> Claudia
>
> outlined: when you get a new release, it's nice to know that all your local
> mods
>
> are in one place. Makes it much easier to update those modified files.
>
> Otherwise, you face wading thru the spaghetti of the DSpace source code,
> trying
>
> to figure out whether you tweaked this file or that file...
>
>
>
> - Wally
>
>
>
> Wally Grotophorst
>
> Associate University Librarian
>
> Digital Programs and Systems
>
> University Libraries
>
> George Mason University
>
> Fairfax, Virginia 22030
>
> (703) 993-9005
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sergio Belkin wrote:
>
> > 2010/11/22 Claudia Jürgen<[email protected]>:
>
> >> Hello Shaun,
>
> >>
>
> >> the directory structure after webapp is identical to the one in
>
> >> [dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/src/main/webapp/
>
> >>
>
> >> So if you want to overlay the feedback acknowledge you got
>
> >> to copy
>
> >>
>
> >>
> [dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/src/main/webapp/feedback/acknowledge.jsp
>
> >>
>
> >> to
>
> >>
>
> >>
> [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/feedback/acknowledge.jsp
>
> >>
>
> >> After your customization you got to rebuild and redeploy your
> application.
>
> >>
>
> >> Hope that helps
>
> >>
>
> >> Claudia Jürgen
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Hi Claudia,
>
> >
>
> > I've read this thread and my question is somewhat silly: Why should
>
> > not I edit directly the header-default-jsp?
>
> >
>
> > Please don't want to kill me because of my question :)
>
> >
>
> > Thanks in advance
>
> >
>
>
>
>
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