The problem we face is that we must deliver a project's project.xml with the release because it contains the list of committers, contributers, and also the dependencies. If someone downloads a commons project and sees that project xml, then they might well expect to be able to use maven.
This is not about releasing using maven. Its about users using maven. The simplest solution is to add a comment to the top of the project.xml that says - "Maven not supported, please build using ant". Not nice, but better than nothing. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark R. Diggory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I guess the key term here is "burden". Release managers may wish to use > Maven to cut the release and distribute source distros that > build/resolve dependencies using Maven. In such a case the issue of > shared project.xml/project.properties/maven.xml becomes more prevalent. > > Its clear we have two approaches to the subject of source distros. > > 1.) KISS: Have build.xml that users apply to build the source tarball > they download. Its important to note here that the ant build.xml file > generated by maven here does download the dependency jars and compile > against them. > > 2.) Maven Integration: Have Maven manage the dependencies and provide > the build features. > > It is plausible to have both. But to have (2) you need to have each > maven.xml (or a common xml include) override the "dist:*" goals that > generate the content of the source/binary distribution and have it > adjust or merge the extended commons-build.xml. > > -Mark > > Shapira, Yoav wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been lurking on these discussions ;) IIRC, the point of this whole > > effort was to make commons builds and look and feel be common and > > consistent, without imposing additional burdens on the release managers, > > right? > > > > Yoav Shapira > > Millennium Research Informatics > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Stephen Colebourne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 5:46 PM > >>To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > >>Subject: Re: [all] Shared build causes issues in releases > >> > >>Thanks for sorting the problem with current builds. > >> > >>My point is more long term. I am proposing that a release of a single > >>commons component should be complete (and tagged) internally, without > >>reference to an external commons-build folder. > >> > >>To achieve this, a release must > >>a) copy and rename commons-build/project.xml to > > > > project/project-common.xml > > > >>b) edit project/project.xml to change the reference from the central > > > > source > > > >>to the local one > >> > >>ATM release managers will have to remember to do this manually. > >> > >>(BTW, I needed the maven to work not to create a jar, but to fetch the > >>dependencies of validator. Running 'maven clean' seemed like the > > > > quickest > > > >>solution.) > >> > >>Stephen > >> > >>From: "Mark R. Diggory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >>>I've now added build and report sections that were missing to the > >>>subproject project.xml files, please verify they contain what you > > > > want > > > >>>for your project and adjust them to your liking if they do not. > >>> > >>>Maybe someone can review and do the same for the sandbox? > >>> > >>>On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 13:24, David Graham wrote: > >>> > >>>>Well both the old and new versions cause problems for some set of > >> > >>projects > >> > >>>>so going back isn't really going to help. The common project.xml > >> > >>should > >> > >>>>not define a <build> section because each component is different. > > > > For > > > >>>>example, Validator has src/share instead of src/java. It should be > > > > up > > > >>to > >> > >>>>each project to define how they build and what reports they want > >>>>generated. > >>>> > >>>>Note that the sandbox-build's project.xml suffers from the same > >> > >>definition > >> > >>>>as commons-build used to and also needs to be changed. > >>>> > >>>>David > >>>> > >>>>--- Gary Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>Why can't we go /back/ to the version of commons-build that did > > > > not > > > >>blow > >> > >>>>>up and /discuss/ it from there. Then we can change all projects > > > > in > > > >>step. > >> > >>>>>? > >>>>> > >>>>>Thank you, > >>>>>Gary > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>> > >>>>__________________________________ > >>>>Do you Yahoo!? > >>>>Yahoo! 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