On 9 November 2010 01:21, Viatcheslav Kochepasov <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Does it mean there are some extra dependencies beside those jars in >>> jakarta-jmeter-2.4.zip ? >> >> Yes. There are some dependencies that are only needed at compile time. >> >> The bcmail jars are optional at run-time, which is why they are not in >> the binary archive. > > Here we back to initial point. Why don't freeze all dependencies in > archive file at release time?
Because the binary archive is only for the run-time dependencies. Most people want the runtime only; adding unnecessary jars to it just wastes resources. > That should: > 1) simplify effort of any one who wants to join the project and run > build in his local env ; There's no problem if you use download_jars, which is what the page says to do. > 2) protects project from misses or changes at dependency file source > (better initial impression for jmeter project); If jar files move, then a bug is raised and the problem is fixed. > 3) would allow binary release be what it should be (there may be > different flavors of binary releases) and The binary archive is already correct. > all source code dependencies to be in one archive. The source code archive is for source only, and contains a copy of what is in SVN. > In any case statement on build web page should be rewritten to stay > clearly that online access is required to run build and > "ant download_jars" is mandatory pre request. OK, that is worth doing. > >> If you try running "ant download_jars" in a source-only directory tree >> (ie. without the jars from the binary archive) what happens? >> >> Do the other downloads mainly work? >> Or do most fail? > > Please, do not waist your time on this issue. I run same commands on > linux env with similar versions of tools and > "ant download_jars" get finished successfully. Next "ant package" was > success too. > I guess it could be some specific to windows implementations of tools. I tested on Windows and everything downloaded OK, apart from xstream (which is already fixed in SVN). There must be an issue with your Windows installation. > Here is exact versions used on linux: > Apache Ant version 1.8.0 compiled on April 9 2010 > java version "1.6.0_20" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02) > Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 16.3-b01, mixed mode) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
