Present method for installing POI: Unzip POI distro Copy Jar file(s) into your WEB-INF/lib or wherever you keep your jar files.
-Andy On 7/17/03 5:49 PM, "Glen Stampoultzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes but also it's a "smell". If things are so hard to install that you > need to get someone else to do that hard work then perhaps they need to be > simplified. > > -- Glen > > At 12:03 AM 18/07/2003, you wrote: >> Personally I don't care for this. It abstracts the user from the community >> too much. >> >> On 7/17/03 9:47 AM, "Tetsuya Kitahata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Beutifully Designed, High-Quality Products can be 'included in >>> Out-of-the-Box 2.1' :D >>> >>> cf. http://jakarta.apache.org/site/elsewhere.html#20030715.1 >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:18:52 -0400 >>> (Subject: Re: new forrest live site) >>> "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Tetsuya, >>>> >>>> After being here for awhile you get a certain cynicism about what that >> crowd >>>> promises versus delivers. I'd rather have something we maintain that >> WORKS >>>> and we can fix than something they maintain that is always broken.. >>>> >>>> Avalon culture: its beautifully designed if you can figure it out...it >>>> throws null pointers on launch. >>>> >>>> Velocity culture: its ugly and dirty...it also works. >>>> >>>> POI culture: beautiful design, great unit tests, good >> documentation...we'll >>>> optimize next release ;-) >>>> >>>> -Andy >>>> >>>> On 7/17/03 9:03 AM, "Tetsuya Kitahata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I completely agree with the things when poi-build used Centipede. >>>>> >>>>> For me (translator), it was a pain, too. PAIN PAIN PAIN!! >>>>> I had to learn how to deal with Anakia (Velocity and Ant, XSLT), Maven >>>>> and Centipede. Unbelievable! ... Jakarta is missing *consistency* >>>>> >>>>> But, imagine. All the avalon, xml. ws-projects are using forrest and >>>>> forrest bot. ... If we fail building the site and it is due to the >>>>> bugs of forrest, all the xml, ws, incubator-sites also fail buiding the >>>>> sites!! We do not have to investigate the root of the *evil* ! :D >>>>> >>>>> Simple.... I love these kind of simpleness and smartness. >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> >>>>> -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:46:38 -0400 >>>>> (Subject: Re: new forrest live site) >>>>> "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> If he follows through which isn't a given. You're taking this as a >> single >>>>>> case. I'm thinking the next time...and the time after than...and 3 >> weeks >>>>>> after that ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Big pain. Drives me nuts. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7/17/03 8:45 AM, "Tetsuya Kitahata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry, Andy. I could not understand what drove you nuts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think things will be very simple. Jeff offered us the patches for it, >>>>>>> and we can accept them. So, we can build the poi website as well as >>>>>>> all of the xml.apache.org sites and incubator, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For me, this seems very simple. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 08:35:42 -0400 >>>>>>> (Subject: Re: new forrest live site) >>>>>>> "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Man this drives me nuts. That�s why I didn't want to use forrest. >>>>>>>> Lessons >>>>>>>> learned from Centipede: the more dependencies your build has the more >>>>>>>> often >>>>>>>> it breaks. $20 says they never really make it to 1.0. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You wonder why I constantly ask "do we need this dependency" when >> someone >>>>>>>> tries it? Because its a PAIN IN THE BUTT to manage >> dependencies. Every >>>>>>>> dependency adds a brittle link. I like POI to stay simple and >> layer the >>>>>>>> dependencies on top of it rather than under it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Andy >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> -- >> Andrew C. 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