On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:48:23PM -0500, Berin Loritsch wrote:
> Jeff Turner wrote:
[..]
> >>>Oh - we still have a show stopper. The tools code is still included in 
> >>>source distributions. We need to fix this prior to release.
> >>>
> >>
> >>I have the fix in CVS now (hopefully).
> >>
> 
> 
> The more serious issues in build.xml (like no docs for the binary 
> distribution)
> have been handled.
> 
> I also updated the BUILDING file so that it handles both cases.
> 
> As to the other issues, are they addressed by the new BUILDING file?
> If not, please do the piece that works reliably and is quick to implement.

Okay, I'll defer the XSLT thing till after 4.1, where it can be done as
part of the larger cleanup Pete mentioned.

So..

>>  1) Half the targets in the src distro won't work. Targets like 'dist'
>>     and 'docs' *require* jars from tools/lib

To be solved later; documented for now in BUILDING

>>  2) We can't have this fancy Ant 1.5-specific stuff in build.xml,
>>  because we can't reasonably expect end users to have Ant 1.5.

Fixed.

>>  3) Our build.xml must work with AND without the tools directory. This
>>     leads to a hack-filled build.xml. An example: tools/ext/logkit.jar
>>     is copied to lib/ in the src distro. But it still doesn't build,
>>     because elsewhere, lib/logkit*.jar is explicitly excluded..

Removed the explicit exclude; fixed.

>>  4) We now need two BUILDING files, containing two different sets of
>>     instructions. The CVS version says "type ./build.sh"; the src
>>     distro one says "download Ant 1.4 and type 'ant'".

Fixed by Berin.


I'm +1 on a release.

--Jeff

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