got it; let me try to switch off trunk.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: New dependency breaks maven build
From: Roger L. Whitcomb <roger.whitc...@actian.com>
To: Andrei Pozolotin <andrei.pozolo...@gmail.com>
Cc: dev@pivot.apache.org, "David Ray" <david....@barchart.com>
Date: Tue 28 May 2013 12:38:12 PM CDT
>
> First off, the code in "trunk" I'm working on is not going to be ready
> for release for some time (probably at least a month or two), so I
> would expect changes on an on-going basis. So, absolutely we won't
> release Pivot 2.1 until there is a VFS release that we can use. But,
> I don't really expect to release Pivot 2.1 until close to the end of
> the year, depending on what everybody thinks about the feature set, etc.
>
>
>
> Second, since you're doing (essentially) a private branch, can I
> suggest you branch from the 2.0.x branch instead of "trunk"? As I
> said the code (except for the VFS browser) is identical, so you're not
> going to lose anything wrt your changes. And then you're not going to
> have any problems with unreleased Commons VFS code. We have already
> started some changes to do a 2.0.4 branch, so since you need to build
> your code right now, this would probably be a more stable place to
> work than "trunk" anyway.... And once we iron out the maven stuff in
> "trunk", you could definitely switch at that point. The changes you
> have made (I already took a quick look) are mostly new files and a few
> changes to existing ones, so I don't think it would take much effort
> to apply the patch to "branches/2.0.x" instead of "trunk" anyway.
>
>
>
> Third, there was discussion about the binary incompatibilities between
> VFS 2.0 and 2.1 already. I don't have a reference to the discussion
> right in front of me, but it was their decision, well before I had any
> input.... I could suggest it, but since I'm not a committer for
> Commons my opinion probably wouldn't carry much weight....
>
>
>
> And lastly, could you use the code here:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11450969/apache-commons-vfs-maven-repository
> (esp. the <repository> stuff) to enable using the snapshot code (if
> you want to continue using "trunk")?
>
>
>
> *~*Roger
>
>
>
> *From:*Andrei Pozolotin [mailto:andrei.pozolo...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 28, 2013 10:15 AM
> *To:* Roger L. Whitcomb
> *Cc:* dev@pivot.apache.org; David Ray
> *Subject:* Re: New dependency breaks maven build
>
>
>
> maven - no problem, but lets deal with commons-vfs2 dependency first
>
> 1) commons-vfs2 v 2.1-SNAPSHOT is binary incompatible with release v 2.0
> they changed interfaces, etc. the version really should be 3.X.X
> do you have any say in that? can you make apache commons change their
> mind about version number
> let them read this if they have questions why
> https://github.com/barchart/barchart-version-tester/wiki
> https://github.com/barchart/barchart-version-tester/wiki/Version-Policy
>
> 2) I think pivot should depend only on releases.
> can you make apache commons group release commons-vfs2 any time soon?
> if not, can we go back to commons-vfs2 v 2.0 release?
>
> issue at hand: we build private version of pivot with maven:
> https://github.com/barchart/barchart-pivot
>
> and maven does not event permit to do a release when you depend on
> snapshot.
> so with current snapshot dependency we are now totally broken :-)
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: New dependency breaks maven build
> From: Roger L. Whitcomb <roger.whitc...@actian.com>
> <mailto:roger.whitc...@actian.com>
> To: Andrei Pozolotin <andrei.pozolo...@gmail.com>
> <mailto:andrei.pozolo...@gmail.com>, dev@pivot.apache.org
> <mailto:dev@pivot.apache.org>
> Cc: "David Ray" <david....@barchart.com> <mailto:david....@barchart.com>
> Date: Tue 28 May 2013 11:58:27 AM CDT
>
> Hi Andrei,
>
> Help with maven would be good. The version I am
> using (and is checked into the "wtk/lib" directory) is a
> pre-release snapshot of 2.1 (version "2.1-SNAPSHOT"). Don't know
> if that will work or not -- I'm building Commons locally myself.
> Attached is my attempt at adding the dependency in the "pom.xml",
> but I'm not even getting to first base trying to build with maven
> myself (i.e., it says there is nothing to do even after doing "mvn
> clean", so I don't get the build failures) .... So, any help you
> could give would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~Roger Whitcomb
>
>
>
> *From:*Andrei Pozolotin [mailto:andrei.pozolo...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:52 AM
> *To:* dev@pivot.apache.org <mailto:dev@pivot.apache.org>
> *Cc:* Roger L. Whitcomb; David Ray
> *Subject:* Re: New dependency breaks maven build
>
>
>
> *Roger:*
>
> Thank you for clarification.
>
> Let me know if you need help with maven.
>
> Also, current trunk does not compile with public vfs 2.0
>
>
> http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Corg.apache.commons%7Ccommons-vfs2%7C2.0%7Cjar
>
> |<dependency>|
>
> | <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>|
>
> | <artifactId>commons-vfs2</artifactId>|
>
> | <version>2.0</version>|
>
> |</dependency>|
>
>
> which dependency are you using?
>
> Andrei
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: New dependency breaks maven build
> From: Roger L. Whitcomb <roger.whitc...@actian.com>
> <mailto:roger.whitc...@actian.com>
> To: dev@pivot.apache.org <mailto:dev@pivot.apache.org>
> Cc: "David Ray" <david....@barchart.com>
> <mailto:david....@barchart.com>
> Date: Tue 28 May 2013 11:29:09 AM CDT
>
> My apologies -- I build using Ant, so I didn't check the pom.xml. I
>
> will fix this.
>
>
>
> I have added (the beginnings of) two new components that duplicate the
>
> FileBrowser and FileBrowserSheet, but using the Commons VFS (Virtual
>
> File System) so you can browse remote systems, inside .zip and .jar
>
> files, etc. At build time (in the "trunk" code) you will need this
> .jar
>
> in order to build, and if you use the new components you will also
> need
>
> the .jar file. But, if you don't use the new components you won't
> need
>
> the .jar file at runtime.
>
>
>
> At the moment, the code in the "branches/2.0.x" branch is identical to
>
> "trunk" (actually better, because it includes a bug fix that hasn't
> been
>
> migrated to "trunk" yet) (except that "trunk" has these new
> components),
>
> so if you desperately need to build, I would just use this branch
>
> instead until I get the Maven build working.
>
>
>
> HTH,
>
> ~Roger Whitcomb
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Andrei Pozolotin [mailto:andrei.pozolo...@gmail.com]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 8:46 AM
>
> To: dev@pivot.apache.org <mailto:dev@pivot.apache.org>
>
> Cc: David Ray
>
> Subject: Re: New dependency breaks maven build
>
>
>
> good point. it used here:
>
>
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pivot/trunk/core/src/org/apache/pivot/io
>
> /FileObjectList.java
>
>
>
> I am curious if it is really needed?
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> Subject: New dependency breaks maven build
>
> From: David Ray <david....@barchart.com>
> <mailto:david....@barchart.com>
>
> To: dev@pivot.apache.org <mailto:dev@pivot.apache.org>
>
> Date: Tue 28 May 2013 10:39:35 AM CDT
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> There was a dependency added to pivot-core (
> org.apache.commons.vfs2 )
>
>
>
> that breaks the maven build I think the dependency needs to be
> added
>
> to the pom.
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
