Ok, in a fit of procrastinating what i should really work on this
morning, i thought i'd try and do a quick update of the site to show
the Tools 2.0-beta1 release, and thus ensure i can update the site on
my new laptop, prior to finalizing (hopefully) the 2.0-beta2 release.
Unfortunately, i can't build the site tools. It looks like the
velocity-site-news plugin is not keeping pace with plexus:
...
C:\java\apache\velocity\site\tools\velocity-site-news-plugin\target\generated-sources\modello\org\apache\velocity\site\news\model\
io\xpp3\NewsXpp3Reader.java:[18,31] cannot find symbol
symbol : class ReaderFactory
location: package org.codehaus.plexus.util
...
now, this was just a matter of telling the pom to use some older
version of plexus and in theory i shouldn't even need to have to site
stuff all working on my computer, but i feel better about checking
stuff in if i can try it locally. so, i tweaked the
velocity-site-news-plugin pom, got the site tools to all build and was
able to go to the site directory and run the site target successfully.
but then, the site:run target failed. frustrated i decided to go
ahead and check in my changes and just try building and deploying the
site from velocity.zones.apache.org. I followed the instructions and
all seemed to go well until the build_velocity_site.sh script failed
when trying to actually deploy the updated site:
[INFO] [site:deploy]
scpexe://people.apache.org/www/velocity.apache.org - Session: Opened
Using private key: /export/home/velocity/.ssh/id_rsa
Executing command: /bin/bash -c 'ssh -i
/export/home/velocity/.ssh/id_rsa -o "BatchMode yes"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] "mkdir -p /w
ww/velocity.apache.org/."'
Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
scpexe://people.apache.org/www/velocity.apache.org - Session: Disconnecting
scpexe://people.apache.org/www/velocity.apache.org - Session: Disconnected
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Error uploading site
Embedded error: Error performing commands for file transfer
Exit code 255 - Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).
this is far from the first time i've seen this. in fact, i recall
spending much time fighting this same error in the past. i can't even
remember if i succeeded though. either way, i'm sick of the maven
site building headaches. what should be a fairly simple task has been
an ordeal *for YEARS now*! the current process is brittle, unwieldy
and worst of all, unmaintained. in contrast, there is the site
process for VelocityTools:
- uses DVSL (VTL-based, encourages DVSL maintenance)
- deploy process is just:
ant publish.docs
ssh <user>@people.apache.org
cd /www/velocity.apache.org/tools/devel (or release/<ver>)
unzip -o ../docs.zip
- and it works! no headaches!
it's simple, low-maintenance, and doesn't make me want to throw
things. granted, it may not have all the snazzy features Maven
provides, but we're barely taking advantage of them anyway. so,
consider this my warning that i intend to ditch this whole
velocity-site thing. if any of you think this is a bad idea, by all
means, please step up and maintain the velocity-site mess. i don't
think anything less than that will change my mind, and it's doubtful
whether even that would change it for long. i'm not sure when i'll
get to making the change; i've little doubt that it will be more work
than i imagine (especially figuring out what to do with those APT
files); and i'm sure it won't be fun. but consider this my notice
that i will no longer waste my time with this convoluted,
temperamental Maven-crazy velocity-site stuff.
p.s. help is welcome, and no one is allowed to complain about the lack
of site updates unless they help, one way or another. ;-)
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