RE: [stellation-res] CVS Directory Structure

["Jonathan Gossage" <jgossage@xxxxxxxx>]

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I've also posted a patch to build-core.xml (Bugzilla #31589): this is a
major rewrite of an Ant script from summer 2002, and has very little in
common with the version currently in CVS.  I would _really_ like to check in
the revised version, but no one has been able to test it yet.  If you could
check it out, that would be very helpful.

Revised documentation is attached to Bugzilla #31457 (needs to be checked)

I've also had to fix the Ant test script: stellation.core/test/build.xml
Note that this test will intermittently fail without Mark's recent patch
for timestamps,
which I verified and checked into CVS on Friday.

I would be more than happy to work with you over the next several days to
bring patches and documentation up to date, for both command-line and
Eclipse-hosted builds.
(Mark has also done some work in this area, but he is totally swamped these
days).

Regards,
Jim

I think that anything we do for the alpha release should meet the following
objectives.

1. Be reliable.

2, Support both Linux and Windows.

3. Allow easy use of any compiler and JVM. For example, I have had no
success with the Jikes compiler and the IBM JVM under Windows but have had
no problems with the Sun environment.

4. Allow the use of any tested database for both testing and normal use.

The third and fourth objectives mean the removal of direct dependencies in
build/install and test scripts. I think that we should not worry about
convenience issues until afyer we have achieved reliable installation and
invocation for the core configurations.

I have now got your patched build-core.xml and will see if I can quickly
build this into something that will meet the above objectives.

Regards

Jonathan