We do not need a vote for this. I think that you should just remove the test and document.
Peter On 11/7/07, Kev Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > > or we have a vote. > > > > One thing is clear: weblogic rmic was broken on ant1.7.0. nobody noticed. > > > Well I've just tested with Ant 1.6.5 (from svn), and I get exactly the > same error: > > [rmic] RemoteTimestampImpl must be a remote interface > implementation and should exist in the classpath > > The classpath is fine (and the code works perfectly with compiler="sun") > > This is the showstopper for an alpha release right now. > > This email from 2001 (Ant 1.4) exhibits the exact same behaviour: > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/ant-user/200106.mbox/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > Namely, the weblogic rmic task requires a global CLASSPATH to be set. I > added a CLASSPATH var and all of a sudden the error disappeared. I'm > still not sure it works as I was expecting a WL_stub.class to appear in > the output directory, but the error went away. > > Since this problem seems to have been around for 6+ years now, I vote > that we switch off these unit tests and move on. > > [Vote] WebLogic Rmic tool sucks so: > [X] enough already, we need ant 1.7.1 released regardless of crappy 3rd > party tools that have never worked properly (update docs to point out > weblogic rmic glaring incompatibilities with ant, switch off the unit > test to get a clean build) > > [ ] no lets bang our heads against a brick wall for a few more years > trying to fix this junk > > Thanks, > Kev > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
