Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-felix-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 62889 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2005 00:53:43 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Dec 2005 00:53:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 52295 invoked by uid 500); 3 Dec 2005 00:53:43 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-felix-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 52265 invoked by uid 500); 3 Dec 2005 00:53:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact felix-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: felix-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list felix-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 52254 invoked by uid 99); 3 Dec 2005 00:53:42 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:53:42 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [72.10.34.3] (HELO ss53.shared.server-system.net) (72.10.34.3) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:55:11 -0800 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (c-24-4-205-190.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.4.205.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by ss53.shared.server-system.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jB30rKrK032493 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:53:21 -0800 Message-ID: <4390EC9D.8010800@toolazydogs.com> Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:53:49 -0800 From: "Alan D. Cabrera" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: felix-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Repository/package structure References: <438E1142.2060302@ungoverned.org> <438F8530.9090209@interfree.it> <43906165.2020806@ungoverned.org> <4390A3C2.1030403@toolazydogs.com> <4390BAFB.4080701@ungoverned.org> In-Reply-To: <4390BAFB.4080701@ungoverned.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Richard S. Hall wrote, On 12/2/2005 1:22 PM: > Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > >> Richard S. Hall wrote, On 12/2/2005 6:59 AM: >> >>> Keep in mind that this is only discussing our internal build >>> process. We can package and distribute our subprojects with >>> different build processes. For example, I expect Felix releases to >>> be backed in a self-contained way with an Ant file. >> >> >> Can you explain this in more detail? > > > I expect that when the time comes to create a Felix release archive > (which I hope a snapshot will happen soon) that it will be a > completely self-contained binary plus buildable source release, just > like previous versions of Oscar were. This means that the Felix > release will come with binaries as well as a src.jar file that > contains its source code along with a simple build file for building > it. It will definitely contain a simple Ant build file, since many > people do not use Maven. It may also include a Maven build file too. > The important thing in my book is that it is simple and self-contained > and does not require remote access to repositories to be built. I think that it's great to have it all packaged up in the manner you described; this can be accomplished with the maven assembly plugin. I think that it's bad form to support both ant and maven. Regards, Alan