Michael McGrady wrote:
I have successfully, and without too much difficulty, now uploaded the struts src code into the wincvs as follows:I'm only familiar with the command line compilation environments (once you've got the source code checked out). In either the Ant or Maven case, you'll want to install CYGWIN (http://www.cygwin.com) to give yourself a set of command line tools that is like those available on Unix and Linux systems. Then:
1. Downloaded and installed Python 2.3.4 from http://www.python.org/.
2. Downloaded and installed WinCVS13b18 from http://www.wincvs.org/.
3. Rooted around in http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=14033&group_id=1
4. Got a reference to a WinCVS manual at http://cvsgui.sourceforge.net/howto/index.html.
5. Downloaded PuTTY from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html.
6. Jettisoned PuTTY and went to SecureCRT at http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/.
7. Got the jakarta cvs info source from Ted Husted: http://jakarta.apache.org/site/cvsindex.html.
8. Uploaded jakarta-struts with:
Module name and path on the server = "jakarta-struts"
Local folder to checkout to = "C:\Program Files\GNU\WinCvs 1.3\"
CVSROOT = ":pwerver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/cvspublic"
I presume that I will want to do this all over and to find a more suitable place to put the code, once I decide how to go about building the code. I know there is a split of preferences between Maven and Ant going on. Could the adherents of each train of thought please give me what they would do to build? All the gory details are encouraged. Thanks. Who knows? Maybe in a week or so I might become useful. ??
Michael
For either type of build: - I recommend using J2SE 1.4.2 (the latest production JDK) from (http://java.sun.com/j2se). That's what the nightly builds are created with, and in general it has better performance than 1.3 (or earlier) JDKs.
For an Ant-based build: - Download and install Ant (http://ant.apache.org) 1.5.4 or later per website instructions. - Examine the documentation on the Struts website for all the dependent libraries you'll need (basically all available from <http://jakarta.apache.org>). - Configure a "build.properties" file in the top-level directory of your "jakarta-struts" source tree to point at where you have downloaded all the dependencies. The simplest way to create this is to copy "build.properties.sample" to "build.properties" and edit the paths. - Open a command line window and navigate to the top-level "jakarta-struts" directory. - Execute "ant clean dist".
For a Maven-based build: - Download and install Maven (http://maven.apache.org) 1.0-rc4 or later per website instructions. - Open a command line window and navigate to the top-level "jakarta-struts" directory. - Execute "maven clean dist". - (I'm sure that there's a Maven option that does enough to create just the JAR files needed to test, instead of all the extra reports that Maven likes; I don't use Maven regularly, so you'll need to ask someone else about that.)
Note that, while easier to set up, the Maven build is still experimental. The Ant build is the official one.
Craig McClanahan
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