Do I understand correctly that you want to start building the project using maven instead of ant? Because you are talking about maven 'support'...
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Rainer Döbele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Francis, > > I have submitted all my recent changes and I have no local changes left. > Matt and Manuel should not have local changes as far as I know. > > There is one JIRA task still open from Jörg (EMPIREDB-27). > Jörg can you please tell us whether or not you are currently working on this > issue? > > I have created a new JIRA-Task for the MAVEN support. > See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/EMPIREDB-29 > Please use EMPIREDB-29 in your comment when you check in modified files. > > Regards, > Rainer > > Francis De Brabandere wrote: >> >> Is there a lot of activity in subversion at the moment? The switch >> should take about an evening of work (CET (UTC+1)). Are there any >> active branches? >> I'm willing to set everything up but you need to make sure nobody has >> local modifications since everything is going to be moved. >> >> Francis >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Francis De Brabandere >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > The first step for moving to maven is always moving everything into >> > the maven layout and updating the ant scripts. This if you want a >> > gradual migration. >> > http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the- >> standard-directory-layout.html >> > >> > I suppose there will be one parent module, one main empire-db module, >> > the struts integration module and some example modules >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Francis >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Jörg Reiher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi Francis, >> >> first thanks for reporting the bug in the SampleConfig - that's >> definitely a good start to contribute :-)! >> >> >> >> As Rainer already stated, the main goal for release 2.0.5 (and 1.0.5 of >> struts extension respectively) should be to "mavenize" the empire-db >> source code. >> >> This doesn't require deep insight into empire-db, but a good knowledge >> of Maven. So if you feel comfortable with Maven (or you want to get >> comfortable :-) then this would be great. >> >> To start I'd look into other Apache (Incubator) projects to see how >> they used Maven. By "mavenizing" empire-db we could get rid of some >> dependencies and we'd overcome the trouble with >> >> proprietary db drivers, because the user could download them from the >> Maven repository (we can't provide proprietary drivers in the Apache svn >> of course). >> >> >> >> There are a lot of other things that could be done for empire-db that >> need some more insight into the code, for example: >> >> - Implementing drivers for other databases (DerbyDB comes to mind as >> it's also an Apache project) >> >> -> a starting point would be to take a closer look at the *Driver* >> classes in the empire-db project, maybe even starting with a copy of one >> of these as a "template" >> >> - Searching and reporting bugs and/or improvements >> >> - Creating "extensions" for other web/gui frameworks to leverage the >> meta data provided by empire-db >> >> -> this is of course quite time consuming and needs quite good >> knowledge of the empire-db components and the targeted web/gui framework >> >> >> >> So far, >> >> I hope I could help a little bit >> >> any contribution and questions are welcome, >> >> so don't hesitate to post it here >> >> >> >> Greetings >> >> jorg >> >> >> >>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> >>> Von: Francis De Brabandere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 9. November 2008 17:20 >> >>> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>> Cc: [email protected] >> >>> Betreff: Re: Maven support for the upcoming 2.0.5 release >> >>> >> >>> I might be willing to help out but I have not even tried empire-db >> >>> yet... What kind of skills are you looking for? >> >>> >> >>> Regards >> >>> >> >>> Francis >> >>> >> >>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Rainer Döbele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> > For the upcoming Empire-db 2.0.5. release we plan to provide Maven >> >>> support. >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > We are however still struggling to find someone with good Maven >> >>> skills who is willing to help us with that task. >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > So if anyone out there is good with Maven and has the time and will >> >>> to support us, we would very much appreciate to hear from you. >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > Rainer >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> http://www.somatik.be >> >>> Microsoft gives you windows, Linux gives you the whole house. >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > http://www.somatik.be >> > Microsoft gives you windows, Linux gives you the whole house. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.somatik.be >> Microsoft gives you windows, Linux gives you the whole house. > -- http://www.somatik.be Microsoft gives you windows, Linux gives you the whole house.
