Hi I'm creating a project that uses qtjambi (QT's java binding - http://trolltech.com/products/qt/features/language-support/java). It has both jar files and native libraries (statically compiled - seems to be working fine at least on a few linuxes I've tried). In their deployment documentation they recommend adding the native libraries to the jar (top level) plus a descriptor file. Also you may not need all the native libraries in your application (total of 37MB for linux32). you may only need a few of them.
I have a few options here and I need you advice: Option 1: Create an ANT script that downloads the binary zip/tar.gz file, creates a customized jar (optimized for my project) and deploys it to my local repository. Since this is a customize jar I need to give it a unique groupId (i.e. not "com.trolltech.qtjambi") because otherwise if I'll have another project that used qtjambi with different settings it'll overwrite it. Option 2: Create a custom jar like above but put it somewhere in the system and use a "system" dependency. Option 3: (I'm not sure if it's even technically possible) deploy the original qtjambi.jar (without native libraries) to my archiva server and also deploy the native libs as files into the server and somehow declare each native library as a dependency . If it's possible, I guess this would be my favorite option. Option 4: Create a full jar with the native libs inside or in a separate jar, deploy it (either on a server, or locally by script) and hand-pick the parts I need manually in the packaging stage. Is there a "correct" way to do it? thanx -- Haim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
