I'll give the wiki document a workover ... stay tuned and thanks for the feedback.
Chris -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Cosma Colanicchia [mailto:cosma...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. November 2013 21:47 An: Apache Flex Developers ML Betreff: Re: Questions about current mavenizer status Yes, it worked as described in the README. What was your problem exactly? I set the use-apache-gid parameter to false, because all of my project are still using the old flexmojos versions Noticed now that the README.txt does not describe the use-apache-god parameter, that is correctly reported in the wiki page. 2013/11/19 Toni Vega <toniveg...@gmail.com> > Did the param "fdktarget" work for you, Cosma? I remember I tried to > configure that quite time ago but it didn't worked forme. I also > remember that Christofer recomended me not to use "org.apache.flex" > package (Flexmojos 6 was still in development). This last time I tried > it, I just changed the properties in Flexmojos parent pom. Thanks! > > Regards > > > 2013/11/19 Cosma Colanicchia <cosma...@gmail.com> > > > @Christofer > > > > Thanks for the info, just some questions: when you say “win” > > directory, > are > > you referring to the subfolders in runtimes/air and runtimes/air-captive? > > The SDK produced by the installer correctly contains the “mac” > > runtimes, > if > > I understand correctly I should be able to add the corresponding “win” > > folders (borrowing them from an SDK prepared by the installer on a > Windows > > machine?) and the mavenizer should pick up them producing artifacts > usable > > from win and mac, am I right? I see that the bin directory already > contains > > windows batch file as well as bash scripts, so it should already be > > cross-platform in this respect. > > > > I’ll also try the in-vm deployer and let you know. > > > > > > @Om > > > > After a first look, it seems ok and very similar to the README.txt > > contents. Maybe we could add some detail about the AIR SDK > > requirement (that is actually not required with the latest Apache > > Flex releases), and some words about the effect of running it from a > > specific platform (mac/win). This is not a problem with the > > installer itself (it is meant > to > > prepare an SDK for the user on its environment), but generally the > > artifacts are prepared and deployed in order to be used by other > > developers, so we should probably warn users about this. > > > > If we want to help out new users, we could try to provide a > > streamlined, step-by-step guide referred to the latest Apache Flex > > version, along > with a > > convenience link to a compiled jar of the mavenizer tool and maybe a > > bash/batch wrapper file. On the other hand, this could be totally > > avoided if we plan to go ahead in managing the mavenizer from the installer. > > > > > > 2013/11/19 OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> > > > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:47 AM, christofer.d...@c-ware.de < > > > christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Cosma, > > > > > > > > as Toni already confirmed, the mavenizer is currently the > > > > easiest way > > to > > > > create maven artifacts from a Flex SDK you downloaded using the > > > Downloader. > > > > The Mavenizer doesn't actually require the Air SDK, the problem > > > > was, > > that > > > > the Mavenizer is able to mavenize any Flex SDK starting from > > > > Adobe > > Flex 2 > > > > up to 4.11. In order to be able to User newer Air versions with > > > > older > > > FDKs > > > > I added the ability to mavenize the Air SDKs separately. > > > > > > > > I think I remember creating all the runtime archives for any > > > > platform (Flashplayer or Air Runtime) found in the Flex SDK or > > > > the Air SDK. So > > if > > > > the SDK contains a "win" dir, it creates the windows archive, if > > > > lnx > > the > > > > ones for Linus and mac the ones for Macs. > > > > > > > > When deploying to your local maven repository, I would suggest > > > > to > give > > my > > > > new deployer a testdrive. It should be noticeably faster with > deploying > > > the > > > > artifacts. (SDKInVMDeployer). > > > > > > > > Please don’t start that dreaded "deploy flex to a public > > > > repo"-thread > > ... > > > > the discussion always tends to explode in tons of emails and > > > > then > > > suddenly > > > > ends nowhere, so I have given up on this. I think the FDK > > > > Downloader > + > > > > Mavenizer path being the least complicated path. All others will > > > definitely > > > > end in a support-mayhem because from my experience on the > > > > Flexmojos Mailinglist (when it still existed) was that people > > > > don't read documentation ;-) > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > Cosma/Toni/Chris, > > > > > > Can you please make sure that the info discussed in this thread is > > > consistent with what is described here [1] If not, can one of you > > > please update the wiki? This is very valuable > > info > > > for others who want to go the mavenizer route, so please help keep > > > the > > docs > > > upto-date. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Om > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Apache+Flex+SDK+Maven > izer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > > Von: Cosma Colanicchia [mailto:cosma...@gmail.com] > > > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. November 2013 18:26 > > > > An: Apache Flex Developers ML > > > > Betreff: Questions about current mavenizer status > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > > > I’m in the process of trying of rolling out Apache Flex 4.11 > internally > > > > for the other employees of my company, and I need to deploy the > related > > > > artifacts to the company Maven repo. > > > > > > > > AFAIK, the only way to do this for 4.11 is by > > > > mavenizing/deploying a downloaded FDK, is this right? I was > > > > following the other thread about storing ready-to-use artifacts > > > > in some public repository, but this > path > > > > doesn’t seem ready yet (BTW, is there something I could do to > > > > help in > > > this > > > > effort?) > > > > > > > > I managed to successfully build and mavenize the FDK from > > > > develop > > branch > > > > in some months ago, but I still have some questions: > > > > > > > > Q1 - I’m going to try running the mavenizer/deployer tools on > > > > the > > output > > > > of the Apache Flex Installer in order to mavenize the released > > > > 4.11 > > FDK, > > > is > > > > this the intended way of using it? > > > > > > > > Q2 - the mavenizer requires the AIR runtime in a separate > directory... > > > but > > > > the installer output should already have integrated it in the > > > > FDK, > > should > > > > provide it separately anyway? > > > > > > > > Q3 - is the FDK produced by the installer cross-platform? This > > > > time > I’m > > > > using a Mac to run the installer, so it has probably downloaded > > > > the > Mac > > > > version of the AIR SDK.. does this mean that, when mavenizing > > > > this > SDK, > > > the > > > > Windows binaries (e.g. adt command line tool) won’t be included > > > > in > the > > > SDK > > > > artifacts and the SDK won’t be fully compatible with developers > > > > on > > > Windows > > > > machines? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for any help > > > > Cosma > > > > > > > > > >
