Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > I figure it is time to learn how to play by the Geotools rules. :] > Fun fun. Thanks for asking questions as you go - the only way the rules are any good. > I read over the section of the developer guide that talks about > setting up a module today. I was about to start setting up the Maven > folder structure on the SVN when I realized we are in the middle of > the transition to the OSGeo infrastructure. Would this be a bad time > to set up my module in the SVN? Should I wait until the transition is > over? > I think it would be a great time; we are just done the transition and you can ferret out any steps that need their instructions fixed :-) > I also had a couple of questions about the module set-up. This page of > the developer guide: > > http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/5.3+Module+Directory+Structure > > does not mention the "unsupported" category. Good catch - I have update the page to mention unsupported now. > However, based on the structure of the existing SVN, I'm guessing this is the > category for > my GPX2 module. So the path to my module would look like this: > > modules/unsupported/gpx2 > > Is that correct? > Correct. > Also, do I set up the content of the POM xml file, or is that automatically > generated by Maven? > The instructions should list a step where you do an "svn cp" (ie svn copy) in order to grab an existing module as a starting point. Here is the link: - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOT/Creating+your+own+Module
I notice that the svn cp example is indeed wrong (due to the change of repository location). > Is there a standard review.apt file for code released under the LGPL? > Good question; if not we should add it to the unsupported/example project that people copy. I just checked now and updated the review.apt to more clearly show an "initial commit". > As you can see, I'm rather lazy and in the need of a good Maven tutorial. :] > Please bear with me as I move from my simple Eclipse/Ant system to something > more complicated like Maven. :] > > Landon > > P.S. - If I set up my module layout and zip it up, would someone be willing > to take a quick look at it before I try to commit it to SVN? I want to make > sure I get it correct. > Where is the fun in that :-) Jody ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
