RE: I may be wrong but...

2003-06-21 Thread Geoff Howard
You are right that properties in ant once set are not modified.  If you
look carefully the values that depend on any value are commented out in
build.properties - uncommenting them in your local copy will accomplish
exactly what is meant.

Also notice the order in which the properties are read:

!-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the main file --
property file=${user.home}/cocoon.build.properties/
property file=local.build.properties/

!-- Get the build properties from an external file --
property file=build.properties/

!-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the main file --
property file=${user.home}/cocoon.blocks.properties/
property file=local.blocks.properties/

!-- Get the block properties from an external file --
property file=blocks.properties/

So, the cocoon.build.properties in your homedirectory is loaded first,
then the local.build.properties, then build.properties.  The first one
to set the value wins, and Cocoon gives you two shots at them before
the default apply.

HTH,
Geoff

 -Original Message-
 From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:45 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: I may be wrong but...


 I'm not certain I'm right, but I have the sneaking suspicion that
 the build
 the way it's written right now cannot possibly work. As far as I know,
 there's no way to unset a property in ant. The unless attribute of a
 target will not build the target if the property is set. As far as I can
 see, this means if it has any value at all. The only way to
 overcome this is
 to modify build.properties to remove the setting of those property values.
 It cannot be overridden by copying build.properties to
 local.build.properties and modifying that as suggested because it's not
 possible to define them to a non-value.
 I have commented those properties out of build.properties (and
 local.build.properties) and this has solved my problem.
 That's my two cents worth.
 Rich


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RE: I may be wrong but...

2003-06-21 Thread Richard Doust
In the latest code (tip) that I brought down from cvs today, the exclude
properties are _not_ commented out in the build.properties file. It was
necessary for me to edit this file and comment them out.
Is it the case that I shouldn't be bringing down the tip?

-Original Message-
From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


You are right that properties in ant once set are not modified.  If you
look carefully the values that depend on any value are commented out in
build.properties - uncommenting them in your local copy will accomplish
exactly what is meant.

Also notice the order in which the properties are read:

!-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the main file --
property file=${user.home}/cocoon.build.properties/
property file=local.build.properties/

!-- Get the build properties from an external file --
property file=build.properties/

!-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the main file --
property file=${user.home}/cocoon.blocks.properties/
property file=local.blocks.properties/

!-- Get the block properties from an external file --
property file=blocks.properties/

So, the cocoon.build.properties in your homedirectory is loaded first,
then the local.build.properties, then build.properties.  The first one
to set the value wins, and Cocoon gives you two shots at them before
the default apply.

HTH,
Geoff

 -Original Message-
 From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:45 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: I may be wrong but...


 I'm not certain I'm right, but I have the sneaking suspicion that
 the build
 the way it's written right now cannot possibly work. As far as I know,
 there's no way to unset a property in ant. The unless attribute of a
 target will not build the target if the property is set. As far as I can
 see, this means if it has any value at all. The only way to
 overcome this is
 to modify build.properties to remove the setting of those property values.
 It cannot be overridden by copying build.properties to
 local.build.properties and modifying that as suggested because it's not
 possible to define them to a non-value.
 I have commented those properties out of build.properties (and
 local.build.properties) and this has solved my problem.
 That's my two cents worth.
 Rich


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RE: I may be wrong but...

2003-06-21 Thread Geoff Howard
We're either looking at different files or you are misunderstanding
something
you're seeing.  Which property are you looking at specifically?

Geoff

 -Original Message-
 From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:52 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 In the latest code (tip) that I brought down from cvs today, the exclude
 properties are _not_ commented out in the build.properties file. It was
 necessary for me to edit this file and comment them out.
 Is it the case that I shouldn't be bringing down the tip?

 -Original Message-
 From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:58 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 You are right that properties in ant once set are not modified.  If you
 look carefully the values that depend on any value are commented out in
 build.properties - uncommenting them in your local copy will accomplish
 exactly what is meant.

 Also notice the order in which the properties are read:

 !-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the
 main file --
 property file=${user.home}/cocoon.build.properties/
 property file=local.build.properties/

 !-- Get the build properties from an external file --
 property file=build.properties/

 !-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the
 main file --
 property file=${user.home}/cocoon.blocks.properties/
 property file=local.blocks.properties/

 !-- Get the block properties from an external file --
 property file=blocks.properties/

 So, the cocoon.build.properties in your homedirectory is loaded first,
 then the local.build.properties, then build.properties.  The first one
 to set the value wins, and Cocoon gives you two shots at them before
 the default apply.

 HTH,
 Geoff

  -Original Message-
  From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:45 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: I may be wrong but...
 
 
  I'm not certain I'm right, but I have the sneaking suspicion that
  the build
  the way it's written right now cannot possibly work. As far as I know,
  there's no way to unset a property in ant. The unless attribute of a
  target will not build the target if the property is set. As
 far as I can
  see, this means if it has any value at all. The only way to
  overcome this is
  to modify build.properties to remove the setting of those
 property values.
  It cannot be overridden by copying build.properties to
  local.build.properties and modifying that as suggested because it's not
  possible to define them to a non-value.
  I have commented those properties out of build.properties (and
  local.build.properties) and this has solved my problem.
  That's my two cents worth.
  Rich
 
 
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RE: I may be wrong but...

2003-06-21 Thread Richard Doust
I downloaded xml-cocoon2 from cvs to my local file system today. The tip
revision of build.properties that came to my system, (rev 1.15) reads as
follows:

#--
#  Cocoon Build Properties
#--

# NOTE: don't modify this file directly but copy the properties you need
# to modify over to a file named 'local.build.properties' and modify that.
# The build system will overwrite these properties with the ones in the
# 'local.build.properties' file.

# 
Webapp --

exclude.webapp.documentation=true
exclude.webapp.javadocs=true
exclude.webapp.scratchpad=true
exclude.webapp.samples=true

exclude.scratchpad=true
exclude.deprecated=true
.
.
.
.

Notice that the exclude.webapp.documentation and exclude.webapp.samples
etal. are _not_ commented out. In order to build these targets
build.properties has to be modified.

But that's okay because really the result of the build doesn't work in many
more ways than that. I got rid of that code and went with the stable (?)
2.1m2 release that's made available as a zip from somewhere and built it and
it works fine. I'll just go with that.

Thanks for your help.



-Original Message-
From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


We're either looking at different files or you are misunderstanding
something
you're seeing.  Which property are you looking at specifically?

Geoff

 -Original Message-
 From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:52 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 In the latest code (tip) that I brought down from cvs today, the exclude
 properties are _not_ commented out in the build.properties file. It was
 necessary for me to edit this file and comment them out.
 Is it the case that I shouldn't be bringing down the tip?

 -Original Message-
 From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:58 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 You are right that properties in ant once set are not modified.  If you
 look carefully the values that depend on any value are commented out in
 build.properties - uncommenting them in your local copy will accomplish
 exactly what is meant.

 Also notice the order in which the properties are read:

 !-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the
 main file --
 property file=${user.home}/cocoon.build.properties/
 property file=local.build.properties/

 !-- Get the build properties from an external file --
 property file=build.properties/

 !-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the
 main file --
 property file=${user.home}/cocoon.blocks.properties/
 property file=local.blocks.properties/

 !-- Get the block properties from an external file --
 property file=blocks.properties/

 So, the cocoon.build.properties in your homedirectory is loaded first,
 then the local.build.properties, then build.properties.  The first one
 to set the value wins, and Cocoon gives you two shots at them before
 the default apply.

 HTH,
 Geoff

  -Original Message-
  From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:45 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: I may be wrong but...
 
 
  I'm not certain I'm right, but I have the sneaking suspicion that
  the build
  the way it's written right now cannot possibly work. As far as I know,
  there's no way to unset a property in ant. The unless attribute of a
  target will not build the target if the property is set. As
 far as I can
  see, this means if it has any value at all. The only way to
  overcome this is
  to modify build.properties to remove the setting of those
 property values.
  It cannot be overridden by copying build.properties to
  local.build.properties and modifying that as suggested because it's not
  possible to define them to a non-value.
  I have commented those properties out of build.properties (and
  local.build.properties) and this has solved my problem.
  That's my two cents worth.
  Rich
 
 
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RE: I may be wrong but...

2003-06-21 Thread Geoff Howard
You are working with the wrong repository.  They were switched around a few
months ago and the soft links between them do not function as they were
supposed to - as a result that repository is stuck in time (and had the
exact build problem you noticed which cropped up right before the name
migration and was fixed soon after).  The correct repository names are:

cocoon-2.1 (build.properties is at version 1.21 or so)
cocoon-2.0

If you're trying to work with the latest work, you want cocoon-2.1.  If you
want a version that will be closer to what you see in the book, use
cocoon-2.0.  The current release of 2.0 is 2.0.4 but there are some bug
fixes in head that make it worth getting 2.0.5 if you don't have a problem
with cvs.

Where did you find the instructions to use xml-cocoon2 so we can work to fix
them.
I think though having been through this with unsuspecting users a few times
now,
we need to take a second look at ways to more agressively point people in
the right
place.

Though it was painful the name change helped a lot - cvs was really bogging
down
on two active branches with a lot of changes.  Sorry it's burned you.

Geoff

 -Original Message-
 From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:32 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 I downloaded xml-cocoon2 from cvs to my local file system today. The tip
 revision of build.properties that came to my system, (rev 1.15) reads as
 follows:

 #--
 #  Cocoon Build Properties
 #--

 # NOTE: don't modify this file directly but copy the properties you need
 # to modify over to a file named 'local.build.properties' and modify that.
 # The build system will overwrite these properties with the ones in the
 # 'local.build.properties' file.

 # 
 Webapp --

 exclude.webapp.documentation=true
 exclude.webapp.javadocs=true
 exclude.webapp.scratchpad=true
 exclude.webapp.samples=true

 exclude.scratchpad=true
 exclude.deprecated=true
 .
 .
 .
 .

 Notice that the exclude.webapp.documentation and exclude.webapp.samples
 etal. are _not_ commented out. In order to build these targets
 build.properties has to be modified.

 But that's okay because really the result of the build doesn't
 work in many
 more ways than that. I got rid of that code and went with the stable (?)
 2.1m2 release that's made available as a zip from somewhere and
 built it and
 it works fine. I'll just go with that.

 Thanks for your help.



 -Original Message-
 From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:39 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 We're either looking at different files or you are misunderstanding
 something
 you're seeing.  Which property are you looking at specifically?

 Geoff

  -Original Message-
  From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:52 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...
 
 
  In the latest code (tip) that I brought down from cvs today, the exclude
  properties are _not_ commented out in the build.properties file. It was
  necessary for me to edit this file and comment them out.
  Is it the case that I shouldn't be bringing down the tip?
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:58 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...
 
 
  You are right that properties in ant once set are not modified.  If you
  look carefully the values that depend on any value are commented out in
  build.properties - uncommenting them in your local copy will accomplish
  exactly what is meant.
 
  Also notice the order in which the properties are read:
 
  !-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the
  main file --
  property file=${user.home}/cocoon.build.properties/
  property file=local.build.properties/
 
  !-- Get the build properties from an external file --
  property file=build.properties/
 
  !-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the
  main file --
  property file=${user.home}/cocoon.blocks.properties/
  property file=local.blocks.properties/
 
  !-- Get the block properties from an external file --
  property file=blocks.properties/
 
  So, the cocoon.build.properties in your homedirectory is loaded first,
  then the local.build.properties, then build.properties.  The first one
  to set the value wins, and Cocoon gives you two shots at them before
  the default apply.
 
  HTH,
  Geoff
 
   -Original Message-
   From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 1:45 PM
   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Subject: I may be wrong but...
  
  
   I'm not certain I'm right, but I have the sneaking suspicion that
   the build
   the way it's

RE: I may be wrong but...

2003-06-21 Thread Richard Doust
Thanks Geoff,
The book says to get xml-cocoon2 from cvs (if you want to compile it
yourself).
I didn't notice any advice in the book notifying me that I ought to look
on-line at any errata page. That might have helped. Do you have any input to
the authors and or publisher?
Do you know, are there any huge differences between 2.0 and 2.1 that would
make it better for me to use 2.0? I'm more interested in learning the
framework and using than learning the book. I always buy the books to
support the open source projects and because I like to read at other
locations than sitting at my computer.
Thanks again.

-Original Message-
From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 5:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


You are working with the wrong repository.  They were switched around a few
months ago and the soft links between them do not function as they were
supposed to - as a result that repository is stuck in time (and had the
exact build problem you noticed which cropped up right before the name
migration and was fixed soon after).  The correct repository names are:

cocoon-2.1 (build.properties is at version 1.21 or so)
cocoon-2.0

If you're trying to work with the latest work, you want cocoon-2.1.  If you
want a version that will be closer to what you see in the book, use
cocoon-2.0.  The current release of 2.0 is 2.0.4 but there are some bug
fixes in head that make it worth getting 2.0.5 if you don't have a problem
with cvs.

Where did you find the instructions to use xml-cocoon2 so we can work to fix
them.
I think though having been through this with unsuspecting users a few times
now,
we need to take a second look at ways to more agressively point people in
the right
place.

Though it was painful the name change helped a lot - cvs was really bogging
down
on two active branches with a lot of changes.  Sorry it's burned you.

Geoff

 -Original Message-
 From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:32 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 I downloaded xml-cocoon2 from cvs to my local file system today. The tip
 revision of build.properties that came to my system, (rev 1.15) reads as
 follows:

 #--
 #  Cocoon Build Properties
 #--

 # NOTE: don't modify this file directly but copy the properties you need
 # to modify over to a file named 'local.build.properties' and modify that.
 # The build system will overwrite these properties with the ones in the
 # 'local.build.properties' file.

 # 
 Webapp --

 exclude.webapp.documentation=true
 exclude.webapp.javadocs=true
 exclude.webapp.scratchpad=true
 exclude.webapp.samples=true

 exclude.scratchpad=true
 exclude.deprecated=true
 .
 .
 .
 .

 Notice that the exclude.webapp.documentation and exclude.webapp.samples
 etal. are _not_ commented out. In order to build these targets
 build.properties has to be modified.

 But that's okay because really the result of the build doesn't
 work in many
 more ways than that. I got rid of that code and went with the stable (?)
 2.1m2 release that's made available as a zip from somewhere and
 built it and
 it works fine. I'll just go with that.

 Thanks for your help.



 -Original Message-
 From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 3:39 PM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...


 We're either looking at different files or you are misunderstanding
 something
 you're seeing.  Which property are you looking at specifically?

 Geoff

  -Original Message-
  From: Richard Doust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:52 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...
 
 
  In the latest code (tip) that I brought down from cvs today, the exclude
  properties are _not_ commented out in the build.properties file. It was
  necessary for me to edit this file and comment them out.
  Is it the case that I shouldn't be bringing down the tip?
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Geoff Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:58 PM
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: RE: I may be wrong but...
 
 
  You are right that properties in ant once set are not modified.  If you
  look carefully the values that depend on any value are commented out in
  build.properties - uncommenting them in your local copy will accomplish
  exactly what is meant.
 
  Also notice the order in which the properties are read:
 
  !-- Allow users a chance to override without editing the
  main file --
  property file=${user.home}/cocoon.build.properties/
  property file=local.build.properties/
 
  !-- Get the build properties from an external file --
  property file=build.properties/
 
  !-- Allow users a chance to override without