Hi, I have pushed in the branch, the build now generates a working assembly, you can test it this way: bzr branch lp:~julien-nicoulaud/syncany/maven cd syncany/syncany mvn clean install syncany-assemblies/target/syncany-*-assembly/syncany-*/bin/syncany.sh
Tell me what you think ! Cheers, Julien 2011/6/14 Philipp Heckel <[email protected]> > Hey Julien, > > I've briefly browsed through the code and rearrangements you did. I > think it really looks good! Do you have a lot of experience in this? I've done this a few times :) > I > will definitely take a closer look in the next days! > > Cheers, > Philipp > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Julien Nicoulaud > <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, I've started it in the branch > > (https://code.launchpad.net/~julien-nicoulaud/syncany/maven). For now > the > > project compiles and generates an (unusable) assembly, the work is still > in > > progress but you can already see the structure (please stop me right here > if > > it's not OK). Only a few jars remain checked in version control. > > Also, I will add the config for izpack so you can see how easy it is to > > generate a cross-platform installer with Izpack+Maven. > > Cheers, > > Julien > > > > 2011/6/13 Philipp Heckel <[email protected]> > >> > >> Alright then :-D > >> I'm convinced! > >> > >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Julien Nicoulaud > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Nice, I will start working on it in this branch: > >> > https://code.launchpad.net/~julien-nicoulaud/syncany/maven > >> > I will let you know when it's ready for testing. > >> > > >> > 2011/6/13 [email protected] <[email protected]> > >> >> > >> >> I'm all for it, and it sounds a nice opportunity to learn more about > >> >> maven. > >> >> I will see what I can do about us having a repo so we can have cake > and > >> >> eat it! > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Julien Nicoulaud > >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Hi all, > >> >>> Let me give the main reasons why I made this proposition: > >> >>> - Right now the project is quite difficult to setup in other IDEs > >> >>> than > >> >>> Netbeans (IntelliJ IDEA user here). Maven benefits of a great > >> >>> integration > >> >>> with most IDEs, so it makes it easier for developers to get started. > >> >>> - The Java libraries are checked in version control, which makes it > >> >>> very > >> >>> heavy. Maven pulls dependencies from repositories. > >> >>> - The packaging and distribution of assemblies is easy, we can > easily > >> >>> package an assembly for Windows, Linux, for development, etc. > through > >> >>> descriptor files. > >> >>> - The modularisation could be improved, for example it seems to me > >> >>> that > >> >>> subpackages in org.syncany.connection.plugins should be packaged in > >> >>> different Jars ? > >> >>> - Also, Maven can handle the release process (doing a VCS tag, > >> >>> generating the release artifacts, bump version numbers, etc), but > it's > >> >>> not > >> >>> mandatory. > >> >>> > >> >>> @Jason: We don't really need a repo, I took a quick look and here is > >> >>> the > >> >>> list of dependencies in libs/** that I could not find in Maven > central > >> >>> repository: > >> >>> * AbsoluteLayout > >> >>> * AppFramework > >> >>> * eclipselink > >> >>> * eclipselink-javax.persistence > >> >>> * jpathwatch > >> >>> * gdata-* > >> >>> * j2ssh > >> >>> These few jars could just stay checked in version control. > >> >>> Julien > >> >>> 2011/6/13 [email protected] <[email protected]> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Maven is quite a treat. A lot of people are using it these days and > >> >>>> has > >> >>>> great advantages. I am not a maven expert by any means, but I can > >> >>>> tell you > >> >>>> that the nicest thing about it is that you describe a project and > >> >>>> it's > >> >>>> dependanices in an xml file so that when you build it all the > >> >>>> dependancies > >> >>>> are pulled from your nexus repo, which is just a smart-ish binary > >> >>>> repo. > >> >>>> Also, when your project builds successfully your artifacts can be > >> >>>> stored in > >> >>>> your repo as snapshots so that others can use them. > >> >>>> The main idea of maven is that when a developer pulls the source > >> >>>> there's > >> >>>> no guesswork as to how to build and deploy the project, it's all > done > >> >>>> with > >> >>>> maven. In doing so, the project has to adhere to certain standards, > >> >>>> namely > >> >>>> how the files and folders are laid out which is defined in a maven > >> >>>> archetype > >> >>>> and can even be changed if you want. > >> >>>> This is why I asked if there was some sort of 'public' repo we > could > >> >>>> use, since we're an open source project, because to take full > >> >>>> advantage of > >> >>>> maven one needs a nexus repo, and I don't have one handy :) > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Philipp Heckel > >> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> I have no experience with Maven or Ant. Are there any significant > >> >>>>> advantages in using Maven? Ant sort of integrated with Netbeans at > >> >>>>> the > >> >>>>> moment ... > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> If there are none, I think I agree with what Jason (nocans) says > :-) > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:59 AM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> > >> >>>>> wrote: > >> >>>>> > Aside from the work of rearranging files and folders to match an > >> >>>>> > archetype, > >> >>>>> > I don't think it would be of a great benefit unless the project > >> >>>>> > had > >> >>>>> > its own > >> >>>>> > nexus server. > >> >>>>> > Is there some sort of free nexus server resource for open source > >> >>>>> > projects ? > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Julien Nicoulaud > >> >>>>> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>>> >> > >> >>>>> >> Hi all, > >> >>>>> >> Just wanted to know, are you interested in Maven-inizing the > >> >>>>> >> project > >> >>>>> >> ? I > >> >>>>> >> can do this. > >> >>>>> >> Cheers, > >> >>>>> >> Julien > >> >>>>> >> -- > >> >>>>> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team > >> >>>>> >> Post to : [email protected] > >> >>>>> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team > >> >>>>> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> >>>>> >> > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > -- > >> >>>>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team > >> >>>>> > Post to : [email protected] > >> >>>>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team > >> >>>>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > > > > >
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