I just installed virtual box with ubuntu in it but have not got further. Maybe this week...
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com>wrote: > Fellows, any ideas what we can do now? > 6 days past and we have no vote (except my implicit one). > We now know we need to improve our build. But I really would like to > start with that after 1.2.17 > > Suggestion: please let me know if you have a chance to vote or not. I > will gladly wait for another while, but if it is definitely not > possible, we need to see if we can cancel this vote and instead > working towards an improved build. > > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Curt Arnold <carn...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > On May 7, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > >> Hi All: > >> > >> Because I could not get the full build to run on Windows 7 with Maven 2 > or 3. I feel reluctant to VOTE +1 here. This is a know issue due to the use > the GNU app Winres. I get bits and pieces of the build to work but nothing > like the level of confidence I have running Commons builds for different > components. I can build the site (with the Maven stack trace noted in other > RC votes), I can run the tests. The changes seems OK, but... as a new > committer here I need to learn the code some more. > >> > >> Is the only way to get this to build is to install VirtualBox and a > Linux distro? > > > > A cloud provider (Amazon Web Services, for example), a bootable USB or > CD would be another. A cloud provider could be problematic since you would > not want to have your code signing key on a machine you don't control. > > > > > >> > >> I will note the following nits though: > >> > >> The build instructions use both version 1.2.16 and 1.2.17 in text and > examples, see " > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/logging/site/trunk/docs/log4j/1.2/building.html > >> > >> This is not critical but should be fixed in SVN. I would like to see > version agnostic instructions or use the latest version (the one being > built). > >> > >> I see this warning from M3 and M2: > >> > >> prepare: > >> [available] DEPRECATED - <available> used to override an existing > property. > >> [available] Build file should not reuse the same property name for > different values. > >> > >> Not a showstopper but should be addressed or documented in SVN. > > > > I haven't followed Ant for a long time. Ant properties since time began > have been immutable once set. it was once acceptable style to take > advantage of this documented behavior and, for example, set properties to a > default value that would be ignored if the called provided an explicit > value. Apparently, that fell out of style and hence this warning. I think > the Nant didn't follow that lead and lots of confusion ensued. > > > > I can't hit the 72 hour mark, but can try to review and build within 24 > hours. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org > > > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: http://bit.ly/ECvg0 Spring Batch in Action: http://bit.ly/bqpbCK Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory <http://twitter.com/GaryGregory>
