Re: [ANN] 1.2.7 of Keel build system/Maven plugin released

The maven tool is looking nicer and nicer...

I like especially the uberjar feature!

Thanks ;-)

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 08:02 -0500, Michael Nash wrote:
> Morning All:
> 
> Below please find the merged (automated!) announcement messages for
> 1.2.7 and the (short-lived) 1.2.6 release of the Maven plugin. As you
> can see a number of fixes and updates have been made to improve the
> build system. These fixes are still undergoing extensive tests on
> several different platforms, so please report any problems!
> 
> ---------------------------
> The keel team is pleased to announce the Maven plugin for Keel 1.2.7
> release! 
> 
> Changes in this version include:
> 
>   New Features:
> 
> o Use version 3.1 of tool-maven, which attempts to fix dependency
> conflicts 
>   instead of simply aborting when detecting a conflict.  
> 
> --- 1.2.6 ---------
> 
> Changes in this version include:
> 
>   New Features:
> 
> o The creation of the "uberjar" file has been improved considerably by
> use of 
>   a special utility. Rather than un-jarring everything, doing a lot of 
>   filesystem work, then jar-ing it all back up, the uberjar is built in
> one 
>   pass, directly from the original jars in the repository. Build time is
> cut 
>   substantially. (For example, locally I can build the "minimal" project
> in 
>   40 seconds) 
> o The "temp" directory, which used to be right below the project
> directory is 
>   now in "target". This ensures it gets "cleaned" when you do a "maven 
>   clean". Far fewer temp files are needed in any case. 
> o You *must* now supply a maven.uberjar.main property for non-webapp 
>   projects, and you *must not* supply it for web app projects. This is 
>   essentially how the build system can tell the difference. 
> o The bug where logs were created in the Tomcat (or other server) "bin" 
>   directory is corrected. Logs for a webapp are now in the WEB-INF/logs 
>   directory inside the webapp itself. This fix actually affected a
> number of 
>   modules. 
> o The -Ddebug=true setting (on the Maven command line) will show the
> details 
>   of the KeelConfigTool, KeelMavenTool and KeelUberJar tools as they
> execute. 
> o The "keel:test" and "keel:tests" goals have had some minor errors 
>   corrected. 
> 
>   Fixed bugs:
> 
> o Added xdocs for automated generation of release announcements :-) 
> o Various bugs (such as the one where a war would fail to build properly
>   first time, then build second time around) are fixed.  
> 
> To automatically install the plugin, type the following on a single
> line:
> 
> maven plugin:download 
>   -DgroupId=keel 
>   -DartifactId=maven-keel-plugin
>   -Dversion=1.2.7
> 
> For a manual installation, you can download the plugin here:
> http://keelframework.org/maven,http://ibiblio.org/maven/keel/plugins/maven-keel-plugin-1.2.7.jar
>          
> Have fun!
> -The keel team
>       	
> 
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