I went ahead and moved the dependencies to the bottom of the install portion of the manual. So, for now, if a new optional task adds a new jar dependency this part of the manual needs to be updated as well.
dave On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 17:23:12 -0800, David Rees wrote: >I am currently making some minor changes to the updated docs (as >described in my patch in the old docs). One thing that I have noticed >is that the README that is in lib/optional of the source tree is not >copied to the binary distribution. This means that this dependency >information is not available to the binary user. > >(Note, to avoid everyone having to look it up, I have appended the >README at the end of this email). > >A quick fix is that the README could be copied (and perhaps renamed) >to the binary distribution. Or a dependencies section could be added >to the main install section. However, this would undo the great work >that Conor has done in separating out the manual so a task's doc can >be edited in sync. with its tasks. > >So I am thinking the correct fix is for this information to be in the >optional task description. Perhaps a "Requirements" section at the end >of each optional task doc? If there is agreement I can go ahead and do >the cut and pasting. > >I am also not sure where to put the jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar and >jakarta-oro-2.0.1.jar dependencies. > >dave > >--- README --- >The required libraries should be placed here. > >The dependencies are: > >junit.jar - required for junit tasks, available at www.junit.org >stylebook.jar - required by stylebook task, available in CVS >repository of xml.apache.org >testlet.jar - required for test task, available with Avalon via >java.apache.org/framework >jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar - required by some mappers, available at >http://jakarta.apache.org/regexp/ >jakarta-oro-2.0.1.jar - required for some mappers and the perforce >tasks, available at http://jakarta.apache.org/oro/ >???antlr.jar???- required for antlr task, available at www.antlr.org >bsf.jar - required for script task, available at >http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/bsf/ >netrexx.jar - required for netrexx task, available at >http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/netrexx >rhino.jar - required for script task if you want to use >javascript, available at www.mozilla.org >jpython.jar - required for script task if you want to use python, >available at www.jpython.org >netcomponents.jar - required by ftp and telnet tasks, available at >http://www.savarese.org/oro/downloads/index.html#NetComponents > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
