Maybe a simple example would help? If you are familiar with ant, then you should be able to decode this little project <http://code.google.com/p/jibx-bindings/source/browse/>. All it does is use ivy to pull in a few JARs during the build, test, etc. phases. It uses some included ant macros to simplify the build.xml, etc. The ivy files are under trunk/src/ivy.
There is a separate "public" ivy file that is used to represent this code module in a repository, which is viewable (styled as HTML) here<http://ivyroundup.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/repo/modules/org.dellroad/jibx-bindings/1.0.7/ivy.xml> . -Archie On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:43 AM, David Sills <dsi...@datasourceinc.com>wrote: > Kirby: > > Thanks, but again, your response is so much beyond what I understand as > to be less useful than I'm sure you intended it to be. Thanks for the > intent, at least. > > I'll have to fuss with this for some more time on my own, I suppose. My > biggest problem at this point <emphasis>is</emphasis> my frustration, > which is being taken out on Ivy rather than on the documentation, where > it properly belongs. I really don't want to do that - I want to be > useful and contribute. But it's difficult to feel useful when you can't > do the first thing that comes out of box (beyond, of course, the simple > tutorial examples). > > I will ask about more specific issues as they come up, but at this point > I honestly don't understand even enough to ask questions. And this > should give someone pause, given what I bring to the table in the way of > experience and intelligence. > > Again, many thanks for your intent. > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kirby Files [mailto:kfi...@masergy.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 8:30 AM > To: ivy-user@ant.apache.org > Subject: RE: Question about documentation > > Sorry, David, I cannot help provide a link to different documentation. > In regards to understanding Ivy better, one thing that I'd recommend is > reading everything you can about the dependency conf attribute and > defaultConfMapping. I didn't truly understand what I was doing with Ivy > until I had a good grasp on how Ivy configurations worked for recursive > dependencies. > > If you want specific help rather than just discussing your frustration, > please provide ivy.settings, ivy.xml files, ant fragments, and the > issues you are having, and usually many people on this list are happy to > help. > > Thanks, > --- > Kirby Files > Software Architect > Masergy Communications > kfi...@masergy.com > > -- Archie L. Cobbs
