On 2/14/06, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/13/06, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > On 2/14/06, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On 2/13/06, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OK I've done this for active components in "proper" and "sandbox".
> > > > Couldn't test email and modler because their builds failed.
> > >
> > >
> > > You only changed things for the Maven builds, right?  The nightlies
> > (which
> > > use Ant) won't reflect this.  (For the record, the Commons nightlies are
> > > compiled with JDK 1.4.2).
> >
> > Yes. I assume that most components are using maven for creating
> > releases. Is it an issue that they don't - or would there be an issue
> > if they did?
>
>
> It would be an issue if they did *not* use Maven ... the Ant build does not
> add these two attributes to the manifest.  I suspect you are correct,
> though, about most people using Maven for release builds ... but we should
> probably say something to that effect in the packaging instructions.

I can do that - packaging instructions that is (ant builds would be
more effort than the quick maven cut and paste). I assume you mean the
"release guidelines" pages on commons:

  http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/index.html

If it was somewhere else you were thinking of then let me know.

Niall

> Craig
>
>
> Niall
> >
> > > Craig
> > >
> > > Also exec and openpgp only have maven2 build files. I downloaded
> > > > maven2 and got as far as working out how to add manifest entries - but
> > > > I couldn't work out how to refernece the compile plugin configuration
> > > > - so I've left the JDK bits commented out in the sandbox's pom.xml:
> > > >
> > > >    http://tinyurl.com/737qc
> > > >
> > > > Any maven2 experts feel free to jump in :-)
> > > >
> > > > I also added a bit to the release docs - as per Robert's suggestion.
> > > >
> > > > Niall
> > > >
> > > > On 2/10/06, Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I just added "Compile-Source-JDK"  and "Compile-Target-JDK"
> > attributes
> > > > to
> > > > > the validator jar's manifest file (the manifest spec says unknown
> > > > attributes
> > > > > are ignored) to show the setting of  maven's "maven.compile.source"
> > and
> > > > > "maven.compile.target" attributes which the jar was created with.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=376748&view=rev
> > > > >
> > > > > I think its a good idea to give people "comfort" over the JDK
> > version
> > > > used
> > > > > to build a release. If no-one objects I will modify the rest of the
> > > > commons
> > > > > components to do the same.
> > > > >
> > > > > Niall

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