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Jason Dillon commented on GERONIMO-2345:
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I'm adding the comments I sent to dev@ for clarity:
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I do not really want to have to maintain both the unix version and the windows
versions of this script. I do periodically make some changes to bootstrap when
I find it makes things easier.
Bootstrap is temporary and will be removed shortly, and I would rather force
users to install Cygwin during that period than start to maintain a batch file
that can function the same as the shell script.
I appreciate your willingness to write this script, but I think that adding it
will be more of a hassle...
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and:
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It is not just about maintenance... I can 99% guarantee that the shell script
will work as expected, and that when people run it, that it will perform the
same as it does on my systems.
I can't say the same for a batch file. The point of bootstrap was to provide
that level of reliability and assurance that everyone is running through the
same steps, so we can be sure that at the very minimum we have a tree that can
always be built from source.
I really do not recommend that we change this now by adding a new path for
users to run through... I can see it now, users posting problems about failed
builds, and me asking oh which bootstrap did you use? Oh, I can't really test
to see your problem, can you please use the shell script.... blah blah blah.
Bootstrap can be removed as soon as our artifacts, the spec artifacts and
openejb artifacts are being regularly published. Still waiting on m2 2.0.5 to
fix some problems as well, but if needed I can bring the simple build script
back (which has a unix and windows flavor that I am willing to support as it is
very simple). And hopefully as soon as 2.0.5 is out, we won't need that either.
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I would much, much, much rather that windows developers install Cygwin.
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> Windows Version of bootstrap
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> Key: GERONIMO-2345
> URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2345
> Project: Geronimo
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Security Level: public(Regular issues)
> Components: buildsystem
> Affects Versions: 1.2
> Environment: Windows XP
> Reporter: Mark DeLaFranier
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: bootstrap.bat, bootstrap.bat.patch
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> A version of the bootstrap script for Windows users.
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