Re: Maven dependency

Matthias Radestock wrote:

>> One catch is that Maven only handles JAR dependencies and SISC 
>> requires sisc.shp.  I think this should be okay with the 
>> sisc-heap.jar built by the "heap-jar" Ant target.
>>
>> What I'm thinking is to follow those instructions and upload a 
>> "sisc-1.8.8.jar" that merges sisc.jar, sisc-lib.jar, sisc-opt.jar and 
>> sisc-heap.jar.  What do you guys think?
>
>
> In what I can glean from the Maven docs, an upload bundle is a jar 
> that contains, amongst other things, a single jar that is the 
> "artifact" of a maven project. Surely that jar can contain anything 
> you like, including sisc.shp?


Yep.  When I said "catch" I meant that it would require a bit of work to 
automate the building and inclusion of sisc.shp.  I did this by creating 
a goal "sisc:build-heap" and made it a preGoal to jar:jar-resources (in 
maven.xml).

> Incidentally, it would be even easier to make (and maintain) the 
> repository submission if the project had a Maven POM.
>
> Don't you need that anyway, since the bundle must contain the 
> project.xml, i.e. the POM?


That's right, though the one for the repository just needs a handful of 
fields.  What I wasn't sure about was making a full-fledged one with 
build information and all that and commiting it to CVS.  The reception 
to Maven seemed warm so I went ahead and added a project.xml with all 
the fixin's. E.g. parameters for site generation:
 http://tels.berkeley.edu/~turadg/sisc/docs/

I also added a maven.xml with some Maven build code and a LICENSE.txt 
which the repository requires.  Then I made this with "maven 
create-upload-bundle".
 http://tels.berkeley.edu/~turadg/sisc/sisc-1.9.1-alpha-bundle.jar

The upload instructions ask that the submitter include a reference to 
their name on the project site.  Only Scott and Matthias are there 
prominently so I'm sure they'd prefer if it came from one of you.
 http://maven.apache.org/repository-upload.html

>>  http://maven-plugins.sourceforge.net/maven-deb-plugin/
>
>
> It could also make the Debian package trivial using the deb plugin.
>
> That would be marvellous. 


I don't have a Debian box so I'll leave this to someone else.  With the 
new POM, it should be as easy as "maven deb:create".

-T



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