Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
>
> I think it would be nice if for the jakarta-commons tree, there is a
> build.sh/build.bat that will invoke the build of every component,
I doubt that individual developers would make use of such sh/bat files.
Furthermore, from a Gump perspective it probably makes sense to build and
report on each separately.
Net: I don't object, but I don't see much point.
> and
> further, that the jakarta-commons tree include all the necessary jars to
> build all components completely, except the JDK.
>
> This way, our nightly snapshot is self contained - very convenient for
> first time users as well as those instances where you are on a strange
> machine and need to quickly download and build (which happens to me
> often as a consultant...)
I post the nightly snapshots and builds for a number of projects (ant,
xalan, avalon*, slide, soap, axis, and regexp) and would be glad to do so
for commons.
Such snapshots could be designed to order. Note that the
avalon-cornerstone cvs has a snapshot of the avalon-phoenix jar in it, but
the nightly builds are built against, and posted with, the latest
cornerstone. (This is particularly appropriate as there never has been a
release of any of the avalon sub projects.)
I know some people are wary about trusting on the stability of other
components, but I feel that it is only by trying to make it work that we
can actually get to the point where stability is obtained and maintained.
Besides, components in commons are likely to have an absolute minimum of
dependencies, right?
> I am happy to do the work. I am looking for alternative suggestions or
> votes of support.
So am I. Furthermore, I am building the components daily anyway...
> <aside>
> I want to note that I think having each component under the same CVS
> tree will be ungainly as we acquire more components. It will be
> important to be able to download individual nightly builds of each
> component, as well as the whole thing...
> </aside>
No problem. Describe what you want, and I'll see to it that it happens.
- Sam Ruby
