Hi Carlos. Carlos Sanchez: > The best person that will help you is a user of Batik that uses Maven, Lars? > see some comments inline
Cameron McCormack: > > First, should I keep the groupId as "batik"? It seems inconsistent with > > those for FOP and Commons, which are using "org.apache.xmlgraphics". > > Would it be problematic to change this? > > not too problematic, just a bit annoying for some users, but it should > be done at some point > groupId should probably be org.apache.xmlgraphics.batik OK. Does that mean the groupId for FOP and XML Graphics Commons is wrong? (It says <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId> in the POM file for both.) > > Second, how do I deal with the issue of the mutual dependency between > > FOP and Batik? The Batik 1.7 release will depend on Fop 0.93, but in > > http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository/org/apache/xmlgraphics/fop/0.93/fop-0.93.pom > > it says that FOP 0.93 depends on the 1.6-1 versions of the various Batik > > artifacts. Is that what the <exclusions> element in the POM file is > > used for? > > is it a real dependency or it's just that the fop pom is messed up? > yes, you can depend in fop and add an exclusion for batik there It is a real dependency. In fact FOP can work with Batik 1.7, since we’ve maintained compatibility, but I suppose the dependency on the exact 1.6-1 version prevents this from working nicely. I’ll do as you say then and have an exclusion to prevent Batik 1.6-1 from coming in. > > Third, since Batik relies on a patched version of Rhino, I won't be able > > to add a dependency on js-1.6R5.jar artifact. Do I need to create a > > special artifact that contains the patched Rhino, e.g. a > > batik-js-1.7.jar? > > or you could put a js-1.6R5patched.jar under > org.apache.xmlgraphics.batik group with its own pom. Make sure in the > description you state clearly that it's a patched version to avoid > confusion OK cool. > > > > Fourth, once the release has been made, does the release manager just > > upload the artifacts to > > http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-ibiblio-rsync-repository/ themselves? > > if you don't use maven2 to build I'd put them in > http://people.apache.org/repo/m1-ibiblio-rsync-repository/org.apache.xmlgraphics.batik > /jars and /poms What’s the difference? Artifacts in the m1-… directory can be used by both Maven 1 and 2, but those in the m2-… directory can only be used by Maven 2? (/me is a bit clueless about the difference between Maven 1 and 2). Thanks, Cameron -- Cameron McCormack, http://mcc.id.au/ xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ▪ ICQ 26955922 ▪ MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
