> if this helps, I can publish build 1746. this would be really cool! So we'd have an uptodate version we can build the maven plugin upon.
I don't fully understand your other arguments, but they sound reasonable. I guess I have to wait until Sigi is back from vacation for doing any deep changes to the plugin though ;) txs and LieGrue, strub --- Marc Guillemot <[email protected]> schrieb am Di, 17.2.2009: > Von: Marc Guillemot <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [Webtest] webtest-maven-plugin > An: [email protected] > Datum: Dienstag, 17. Februar 2009, 14:11 > >>> My problem is: currently those 3 jars are being > >> repacked to the webtest-maven-plugin and codehaus > folks will > >> _not_ be very happy with that! > >> > >> 3 jars? > >> There is no dependency against non released > artifacts > >> anymore. > > > > The webtest-maven-plugin currently has the following > jars in it's lib directory: > > .) fontbox-0.1.0-dev-patched-20060622.jar > > .) pdfbox-0.7.3-dev-log4j-20060612.jar > > .) webtest-1720.jar > > > > can you point me to a current webtest jar so I can > remove the other 2? > > As I explained earlier: Although I use canoo, I'm > not that deep into it like Sigi. I'm only helping out a > bit on the maven side because Sigi has not much time > currently. > > you have to dowload the distribution from: > http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/Downloads.html > The webtest.jar is located in the lib folder > > There is no pom in the distribution but you can pick it > from the sources: > https://svn.canoo.com/trunk/webtest/pom.xml > > > > >>> So what about doing a webtest-3.0-RC1 _now_ > (this week > >> at least)? So we at least have a preliminary > version in the > >> repo. > >>> Maybe there are known bugs, but having this > officially > >> released will draw much attention and it can be > used much > >> more easily. > >> > >> I thought about that but it make first sense when > there is > >> really a > >> Maven plugin available. > > > > I think the cat is biting in her tail here - not sure > if this saying translates well into english :) > > I don't know either if this is correct in english but > it is fully ok > when I translate it back in french ;-) > > > I can release (and even add it to SVN) only after I > have a canoo webtest.jar somewhere in an official repo which > I can reference as dependency. Because I don't like to > add all thos 3-rd party jars to the apache SVN. > > So after you published the jar to the public repo, I > can push the webtest-maven-plugin to codehaus.mojo as an > 'official' maven plugin. I took all the sources from > Sigi and prepared them rdy for checkin. > > ok > > > ... > > What about 'old' projects? I e.g. have a lot > of canoo-ant code lying around which has to be supported > also. > > what kind of old projects? Before webtest.xml, users had to > configure > everything by themselves and there not really a > "given" folder > structure. This makes surely difficult for a maven plugin > to work with > all kinds of projects like this one. > > More generally, we should define for which kind of projects > the plugin > should work... and test it ;-) > > I see currently following cases: > 1- tests in XML with a project using webtest.xml directly > 2- tests in Groovy with a project using webtest.xml > directly > 3- tests in Groovy without direct usage of webtest.xml but > only webtest > as dependency > > In case (3) webtest will already be a dependency of the > project and > therefore doesn't need to be a dependency of the plugin > (and should > probably not). In case (1) it clearly needs to be provided > by the > plugin. In case (2)... it depends. > > > In either case, we have to get an initial version into > SVN and then a lot of people can contribute easily. > > > > There is an old english saying: How to climb a > mountain? Step after Step! > > > > So my suggestion is: > > 1.) publish a webtest-3.0.RC1.jar > > 2.) I will checkin the current webtest-maven-plugin > > 3.) we may then work together on getting it up to > date. > > if this helps, I can publish build 1746. > > Cheers, > Marc. > -- _______________________________________________ WebTest mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canoo.com/mailman/listinfo/webtest
