Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-28 Thread dion
"Kyle Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 29/10/2003 02:00:56 AM: > > Rather than using the version numbered jar, can you deploy an > > unversioned one instead? > > Very likely, but then (if I understand correctly) wouldn't I lose > the ability to grab the JAR from a repository? Not that I can

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-28 Thread Kyle Adams
> A massive number of abstractions cropping up isn't going to be > something that is going to happen in Maven. I'm not looking for a massive number of abstractions; on the contrary, I think abstractions should be very clear, and relatively simple. That being said, well-placed abstractions go a

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-28 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 10:00, Kyle Adams wrote: > I think a lot of these intricacies could be avoided if Maven offered an extensible > mechanism (for example, an abstract VersionExtractor, a la Ruper) for extracting > version info--from the file name, from a directory name, from the manifest file,

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-28 Thread Kyle Adams
> Rather than using the version numbered jar, can you deploy an > unversioned one instead? Very likely, but then (if I understand correctly) wouldn't I lose the ability to grab the JAR from a repository? Most of what I've seen up till now has involved using the repository for "plain vanilla" J

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread dion
"Kyle Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/10/2003 03:53:09 AM: > > No, the version of the JAR will always remain in the name of the JAR. > > Simply for the reason of sheer readability. You're not guessing when > > you look at the file. > > I'll grant you that having the version number in the

RE: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Erdfelt, Joakim
> -Original Message- > From: Kyle Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: JAR Repository and File Names > > > > 1) Not using the 'applications' directory for deployment. >

RE: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Kyle Adams
> 1) Not using the 'applications' directory for deployment. Even though we still put stuff in an applications directory, that's merely a naming convention--it's not under the $WL_HOME, so nothing gets auto-deployed (I believe we have auto deploy turned off in all environments). I think we're al

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 13:56, Kyle Adams wrote: > > But even in deployment situations you can provide whatever additional > > information you like. Weblogic is not going to be confused about version > > names in the jar and you can stuff as much meta info as you like into the > > JAR. > > Whethe

RE: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Erdfelt, Joakim
> -Original Message- > From: Kyle Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: JAR Repository and File Names > > Whether or not WebLogic gets "confused" is a matter of > opinion. When

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Kyle Adams
> But even in deployment situations you can provide whatever additional > information you like. Weblogic is not going to be confused about version > names in the jar and you can stuff as much meta info as you like into the > JAR. Whether or not WebLogic gets "confused" is a matter of opinion.

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 11:53, Kyle Adams wrote: > > No, the version of the JAR will always remain in the name of the JAR. > > Simply for the reason of sheer readability. You're not guessing when > > you look at the file. > > I'll grant you that having the version number in the name of the JAR is

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Kyle Adams
> No, the version of the JAR will always remain in the name of the JAR. > Simply for the reason of sheer readability. You're not guessing when > you look at the file. I'll grant you that having the version number in the name of the JAR is more readable. That being said, I don't think there's a

Re: JAR Repository and File Names

2003-10-27 Thread Jason van Zyl
On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 10:59, Kyle Adams wrote: > Apologies in advance for any newbie mistakes, bad assumptions, etc. > > We'd love to utilize a JAR repository in our environment (either via Maven or > Ruper), but all of the proposals I've seen so far center around putting the version > number in