Thanks a lot, Stephen.. that clarifies things very well.. Will get the latest version and try out the snapshot feature..
Brgds, R. Saravanan On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 07:35:32 +0200, Stephen McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 16 September 2004 21:25 > > To: Avalon framework users > > Subject: Re: Repository API query > > > > On Friday 17 September 2004 02:57, Rajamani Saravanan wrote: > > > Thanks a lot, Steve... > > > > Steve seems to be missing in action today... > > > > > I tried with a snapshot version as well, but the behaviour is still > > > the same, the jar gets downloaded once, but if the file has changed > on > > > the server, it does not get downloaded again... > > > > This is something Steve has been fooling around with yesterday. > > Unfortunately, > > I am not up-to-date with the current status, but there were problems > > yesterday that timestamps were checked when not expected. > > Specifically - the problem was that somewhere along the line the > SNAPSHOT test get changed such that tests for SNAPSHOT artifacts always > returned false. This has now been fixed in the trunk version so you > should see the proper behavior if your running from a trunk build. > > > > > I think the algorithm should be that artifacts that are declared with > > <project> should not check the timestamp, only <resource> artifacts. I > am > > not sure that this is what currently is the case. > > Within magic there is no special handling of snapshot artifacts (mainly > because the repository management used in magic is different code to the > repository system. I'm working on changing this such that the > repository bootstrap system loads magic much in the same way that repo > loads merlin. > > > > One other query re. file based repository - if I add a file-based > > > repository to the list of hosts to search for, the block installed > > > using the code below does NOT get copied to the user's avalon > cache... > > > ..if the repository is a HTTP server, it gets downloaded... > > There is special handling of resources in file based repositories due to > the different precision of last modification dates between file based > resources and http resources. If (assuming you running against a latest > build) a file is marked as SNAPSHOT then your local cache will be > updated form the file repository. > > > Is this the current behaviour?? And you want the files always be > copied to > > the > > local cache?? > > > > > Re. the block.xml file vs. the jar's .meta file : the jar's .meta > file > > > has the list of dependent jars generated using the artifact:install > > > maven goal. > > The .meta files are managed by the repository system. > Blocks are managed by Merlin. > > The .meta stuff is handled at repository level to establish system > services (such as logging, the merlin system, merlin runtime etc.). > Once the repository system has constructed everything - merlin kicks in > and loads blocks (which are a lot more semantically rich). > > Cheers, Steve. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
