Felix, Damn good idea man! I love it. The software can easily inject this information. However there may be some need to track versions for example when the server.xml is opened manually or someone just posts one to the ML or JIRA.
But this does not make the idea any less cool. I like it. Alex On Dec 28, 2007 1:37 PM, Felix Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Karasulu schrieb: > > Hey sorry I missed this one. +1 to doing this - its a great idea. > > Perhaps even a section where we have: > > > > <version> > > <major>1</major> > > <minor>5</minor> > > <micro>1</micro> > > <snapshot/> > > </version> > > > > verses ... > > > > <version>1.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version> > > > > This may be overkill though. WDYT? > > Not having much knowledge about the server.xml file, but it's an xml file. > So what about a namespace, e.g. > xmlns:adsver="http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.5.1/server"; ? > > > Looking at the server.xml a bit closer it looks like a spring-bean > definition file. If this configuration file is just > 'thrown' in spring it probably makes more sense having a (factory-)bean > returning just the version and then injecting > the bean in other beans where ever this could be needful. > > > > > My thought WRT this idea was to avoid having to parse the version from > > 1.5.1-SNAPSHOT. > > > > Alex > > > > On Dec 27, 2007 11:53 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot wrote: > > > Up... > > > > > > Anyone? > > +1 > > > > > > Regards, > > > Pierre-Arnaud > > > > > > On Dec 17, 2007 7:28 PM, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Dev, > > > > > > We were chatting with Stefan Seelmann some time ago about > Apache > > > Directory Studio and more particularly about the Apache DS > > > Configuration plugins and we came to the conclusion that it > could > > > be a great thing if the server.xml file could be tagged (in > some > > > way) with the version number of the Apache DS Server it > defines > > > (e.g. 1.5.1, 1.5.2, etc.). > > > > > > It could help us know when we are parsing the file which kind > of > > > configuration ( 1.5.0 , 1.5.1, 1.5.2) we are dealing with. > > > > > > WDYT ? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > cordialement, regards, > > Emmanuel Lécharny > > www.iktek.com <http://www.iktek.com> > > directory.apache.org <http://directory.apache.org> > > > > > > > >
