Now, your first question to answer :)
Perhaps I have an incorrect expectation, but... I downloaded struts-core-1.3.0-dev-src.zip and unzipped it. Am I wrong to expect that executing maven in the directory created when this is unzipped should build Struts Core?
If I'm not expecting something totally nuts, then it didn't work for me and I can post details, but if I *am* nuts (which wouldn't be surprising by the way), then fine :)
Again, I for one appreciate very much your effort!
-- Frank W. Zammetti Founder and Chief Software Architect Omnytex Technologies http://www.omnytex.com
James Mitchell wrote:
For those of you following along (and some who aren't) with the reorganization of Struts' source and subsequent shift (in part) to a Maven-based build system, I have created a nightly build directory for those eager to get all of the latest binary and/or source distributions.
The Maven-built nightly Struts subprojects are available at: http://cvs.apache.org/builds/struts/maven/
The generated docs will be temporarily available at: http://cvs.apache.org/~jmitchell/latest-docs/
Note - The documentation provided from the link above is also available for offline viewing by downloading any of the src distributions from the first link above. Also, please be aware that these nightly builds are not perfect and you are encouraged to download and try them at your leisure. We are all volunteers, so any time you can donate to provide input/feedback is VERY much appreciated.
If there is anything you would like to see in these artifacts, please do not hesitate to ask.
For developers who wish to build from the latest (from SVN), here are the steps to follow:
This assumes you have the following installed and working correctly on your machine:
- SVN client
- Maven
( For SVN, I use the command line client under cygwin ) http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html
1. Get the latest from svn $cd path/to/where/you/want/svn/struts $svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/current/
2. Change to build/ $cd current/build
3. Build all $maven build-all
You should see Maven building the complete distribution for each subproject under Struts.
This will take a few minutes, so be patient.
The following will be built: core/ taglib/ tiles/ apps/ el/ bsf/ flow/
You can now go under any of the above folders and look in target/ to see what Maven has created for you. The docs/ dir will have the docs as the above link shows.
If there are errors and are not sure why, please don't hesitate to ask.
For those of you who feel even more daring ;) and would like to contribute a patch. The easiest way to do it is to check out the source (as described above) and make your changes locally, then do a 'svn diff' against the subproject that you've made changes to. The output is the exact format we need to patch and commit those changes. Simply pipe the out put from your diff to a file.
For example, say I made some changes to org.apache.struts.Globals.java
Before making changes, "svn status -q" would look like this:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current $ svn status -q
Performing status on external item at 'build'
Performing status on external item at 'el'
Performing status on external item at 'el/build'
Performing status on external item at 'tiles'
Performing status on external item at 'tiles/build'
Performing status on external item at 'faces'
Performing status on external item at 'faces/build'
Performing status on external item at 'taglib'
Performing status on external item at 'taglib/build'
Performing status on external item at 'apps'
Performing status on external item at 'apps/build'
Performing status on external item at 'flow'
Performing status on external item at 'flow/build'
Performing status on external item at 'core'
Performing status on external item at 'core/build'
Performing status on external item at 'bsf'
Performing status on external item at 'bsf/build'
Performing status on external item at 'shale'
Performing status on external item at 'sandbox'
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current $
...ok, now I add my cool new constant...now I want to see what has changed...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current $ svn status -q
Performing status on external item at 'build'
Performing status on external item at 'el'
Performing status on external item at 'el/build'
Performing status on external item at 'tiles'
Performing status on external item at 'tiles/build'
Performing status on external item at 'faces'
Performing status on external item at 'faces/build'
Performing status on external item at 'taglib'
Performing status on external item at 'taglib/build'
Performing status on external item at 'apps'
Performing status on external item at 'apps/build'
Performing status on external item at 'flow'
Performing status on external item at 'flow/build'
Performing status on external item at 'core' M core/src/share/org/apache/struts/Globals.java <== here it is
Performing status on external item at 'core/build'
Performing status on external item at 'bsf'
Performing status on external item at 'bsf/build'
Performing status on external item at 'shale'
Performing status on external item at 'sandbox'
..so let's see exactly what changed under core/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current $ svn diff core/ Index: core/src/share/org/apache/struts/Globals.java =================================================================== --- core/src/share/org/apache/struts/Globals.java (revision 155701) +++ core/src/share/org/apache/struts/Globals.java (working copy) @@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ * The property under which a transaction token is reported. */ public static final String TOKEN_KEY = TaglibPackage + ".TOKEN"; + + public static final String JAMES_COOL_NEW_CONSTANT = "foo";
}
...now I pipe that to a local file...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current $ svn diff core/ > james-cool-new-constant.patch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current
$ ll
total 1
drwsr-sr-t+ 12 jmitchel None 0 Feb 28 16:40 apps
drwsr-sr-t+ 7 jmitchel None 0 Feb 28 16:43 bsf
drwsr-sr-t+ 12 jmitchel None 0 Feb 28 16:32 core
drwsr-sr-t+ 11 jmitchel None 0 Feb 28 16:40 el
drwsr-sr-t+ 9 jmitchel None 0 Feb 23 11:33 faces
drwsr-sr-t+ 7 jmitchel None 0 Feb 24 16:46 flow
-rw-r--r-- 1 jmitchel None 497 Feb 28 17:04 james-cool-new-constant.patch
drwsr-sr-t+ 8 jmitchel None 0 Feb 27 12:20 mock
drwsr-sr-t+ 9 jmitchel None 0 Feb 23 11:39 sandbox
drwsr-sr-t+ 7 jmitchel None 0 Feb 23 11:38 shale
drwsr-sr-t+ 10 jmitchel None 0 Feb 28 16:37 taglib
drwsr-sr-t+ 9 jmitchel None 0 Feb 28 16:39 tiles
Now I can attach that file as a patch on a ticket.
And after one of those awesome committers commits your patch...
Voila! You have now contributed to the Open Source movement!!!
(I know, I know, bad example, but you get the picture ;)
Getting the latest from SVN is just as easy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current $ svn up
I hope this simple email will inspire some of you to go beyond lurking status and help make Apache Struts even better than it is today.
P.S. Since the committers are likely to -1 my "cool new constant", I'll revert my changes ;)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/svn/struts/current $ svn revert core/
-- James Mitchell Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist EdgeTech, Inc. 678.910.8017 AIM: jmitchtx
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