The steps being discussed in this thread should go in something like a "Developers Section" .
Cheers
Prasad
On 1/6/06, Matt Hogstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think we've now crossed teh chasm to where there are two types of users.
Developers of Geronimo and Users of Geronimo. So far this thread has been
talking about developers but I think we also need a User section that describes
teh process of installation from a downloaded binary rather than having to worry
about SVN. We can then augment that with some updated doc on the installer.
Thoughts?
Matt
John Sisson wrote:
> You need to do the fresh-checkout the first time you get the source so
> that you get the OpenEJB code (from CVS). AFAIK, you shouldn't need to
> do a fresh-checkout again because an m:update will update both svn and
> OpenEJB CVS files.
>
> Not sure why you would need to do a fresh-checkout a second time for the
> second round to work.
>
> John
>
> Hernan Cunico wrote:
>
>> On my machine, if I don't do a fresh-checkout the build fails. In fact
>> it always fails the first attempt and the second round works as long
>> as I do the fresh-checkout.
>>
>> Any idea why this is happening?
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Hernan
>>
>> Sachin Patel wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> - sachin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Hernan Cunico wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jason,
>>>> how is the installation doc coming, do you need any help on the
>>>> confluence side?
>>>>
>>>> I saw what you started to work on the "Getting the source code"
>>>> section, I would suggest to keep this task simple. We do not want
>>>> to _scare_ the users with way too complicated commands and
>>>> parameters, all at once.
>>>>
>>>> There are basically four steps to get the source and build
>>>> Geronimo, so I would focus on those first.
>>>>
>>>> 1.- svn checkout https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/tags/
>>>> 1.0.0/ <geronimo_home>
>>>> 2.- cd <geronimo_home>
>>>> 3.- maven m:fresh-checkout
>>>> 4.- maven new
>>>>
>>>> Then, the next time you want to build you just do an update
>>>>
>>>> 1.- cd <geronimo_home>
>>>> 2.- maven m:update
>>>> 3.- maven m:fresh-checkout
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Take out #3
>>>
>>>> 4.- maven new
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> add -o
>>>
>>>>
>>>> (BTW, all the steps should be validated and make sure they are up-
>>>> to-date)
>>>>
>>>> Once you explained the basics then you can go more in detail with
>>>> all the other options for retrieving the source code and building
>>>> Geronimo. It would also be nice to include common building errors,
>>>> how to identify them, probable causes and solutions.
>>>>
>>>> Again, this is just a suggestion. What you think about this approach?
>>>>
>>>> As for update preference, I think is best to update as you go so
>>>> everybody can test your instructions and provide early comments
>>>> that will make corrections (if any) easier.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> Hernan
>>>>
>>>> Jason Lenhart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I am starting on the Installation section of the docs
>>>>> - I have been running around like a maniac doing stuff
>>>>> (mostly holiday things) - so I am a bit slow to
>>>>> produce. But I am setting aside some time each day to
>>>>> contribute more and more to the docs. If you start to
>>>>> see me go off base - please feel free to call me out
>>>>> :-D
>>>>> Also - is the preference to complete a section and
>>>>> then update? I started and updated but it is not
>>>>> complete.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Jason
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