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Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 06:31:31 -0400
From: Ted Husted <husted@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: Best way to build struts from CVS?
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I think c2 would be b, since the idea is that Struts developers are 
often Commons developers too and would have the Commons CVS checked out 
and built. So the "ideal Struts developer" would have a current build of 
the Commons stuff and would run the Struts build against that.

If you don't need the Commons code checked-out, a good approach is to 
use a "repository" system.

* Download whatever dependent JARs you need to a common directory.
* Edit the build properties file to use that directory.

The current Commons JARs can be downloaded directly from < 
http://gump.covalent.net/jars/ > so you don't need to grab the whole 
gorilla if you only want the banana. =:0)

(The Gump JARs ink is down right now. I'll check on that.)

There are project management systems (like Maven) that can snag the JARs 
for you as part of the build process. When we get past 1.1., I think we 
will be looking at some likely candidates for this (Maven, Forrest, 
Centipede).

I used the repository approach for some time, though now I'm moving back 
to b. It's quite helpful to have all the source on hand if you are 
stepping through the code in a debugger.

-Ted.


Phil Steitz wrote:
> Which is correct:
> 
> a) Grab commons jars from most recent struts nightly
> b) Build commons jars from commons CVS
> c) Grab commons jars from most recent commons nightlies
> c) The "right way" that I have not yet stumbled on....
> 
> What exactly does the struts nightly build do?  Dates inside commons 
> jars seem to vary.
> 
> Build.properties.sample seems to expect b) or c).  Does anyone have bash 
>  or ant scripts that automate the commons prep?
> 
> Phil
> 
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Ted Husted,
Struts in Action <http://husted.com/struts/book.html>


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