I agree with Matt. If you want to call it an "Installation document",
then it must be geared towards the users installing Geronimo. They
care little about building it. They would be the ones downloading the
binaries and wanting to get G up and running quickly.
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]
<mailto:[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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