Hi, On 7/13/06, Raphaël Luta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Right now, I'd list project usability as *the* major issue: it takes way too much effort to the casual user/developer just to have a look at Graffito.
Agreed. My notes: * I wanted to give Graffito a run * I went to the web site and looked for a download link; none * I followed the link to "Build all Graffito subprojects" to build from sources * Got the sources from svn * Why do I need to setup a test database to build the sources? * Presumably for unit tests, create one with hsql as instructed: maven start.test.server * Got a failure due to a missing dependency * Installed MySQL and set up a test database as only a MySQL example was given * Was able to build and test most of the components * What do I do now? * Found a page "Deploy Graffito into Jetspeed 2" * OK, downloaded and installed Jetspeed 2, no problem * Already built Graffito, but need to set some more build properties * Some tweaking and got "maven allDeploy" working * Started Tomcat from the Jetspeed installation * Logged in as instructed * What do I do now? * Played around on my own Suggestions: * Make a release that people can start playing with without building sources * Use an embedded database (hsql) for unit tests by default, and set it up automatically * Add goals like "maven demo.start" and "maven demo.stop" that build the required components, set up a Jetspeed installation with an embedded database, deploy the Graffito components, and start and stop the demo installation as requested * Add documentation on the various components Of course I'm happy to help make this happen. :-) BR, Jukka Zitting -- Yukatan - http://yukatan.fi/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software craftsmanship, JCR consulting, and Java development
