I will check it out this week as well. Scott
On May 12, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > I just installed virtual box with ubuntu in it but have not got > further. Maybe this week... > > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]> > wrote: > Fellows, any ideas what we can do now? > 6 days past and we have no vote (except my implicit one). > We now know we need to improve our build. But I really would like to > start with that after 1.2.17 > > Suggestion: please let me know if you have a chance to vote or not. I > will gladly wait for another while, but if it is definitely not > possible, we need to see if we can cancel this vote and instead > working towards an improved build. > > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Curt Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On May 7, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > >> Hi All: > >> > >> Because I could not get the full build to run on Windows 7 with Maven 2 or > >> 3. I feel reluctant to VOTE +1 here. This is a know issue due to the use > >> the GNU app Winres. I get bits and pieces of the build to work but nothing > >> like the level of confidence I have running Commons builds for different > >> components. I can build the site (with the Maven stack trace noted in > >> other RC votes), I can run the tests. The changes seems OK, but... as a > >> new committer here I need to learn the code some more. > >> > >> Is the only way to get this to build is to install VirtualBox and a Linux > >> distro? > > > > A cloud provider (Amazon Web Services, for example), a bootable USB or CD > > would be another. A cloud provider could be problematic since you would not > > want to have your code signing key on a machine you don't control. > > > > > >> > >> I will note the following nits though: > >> > >> The build instructions use both version 1.2.16 and 1.2.17 in text and > >> examples, see > >> "http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/logging/site/trunk/docs/log4j/1.2/building.html > >> > >> This is not critical but should be fixed in SVN. I would like to see > >> version agnostic instructions or use the latest version (the one being > >> built). > >> > >> I see this warning from M3 and M2: > >> > >> prepare: > >> [available] DEPRECATED - <available> used to override an existing property. > >> [available] Build file should not reuse the same property name for > >> different values. > >> > >> Not a showstopper but should be addressed or documented in SVN. > > > > I haven't followed Ant for a long time. Ant properties since time began > > have been immutable once set. it was once acceptable style to take > > advantage of this documented behavior and, for example, set properties to a > > default value that would be ignored if the called provided an explicit > > value. Apparently, that fell out of style and hence this warning. I think > > the Nant didn't follow that lead and lots of confusion ensued. > > > > I can't hit the 72 hour mark, but can try to review and build within 24 > > hours. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > -- > E-Mail: [email protected] | [email protected] > JUnit in Action, 2nd Ed: http://bit.ly/ECvg0 > Spring Batch in Action: http://bit.ly/bqpbCK > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
