From: Wayne G. <ws...@wm...> - 2008-02-13 23:46:20
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That's cool, but for some of the installer I'll have to write an install program. Ant is good at moving stuff around and compiling things, but not as good at doing database stuff without a bunch of extra packages. So, do you want this all text-based or with a gui? Do you want it to work like a wizard? For example, you download and expand the tarball and do something like "ant install" or even "java -jar installer.jar" which walks the admin through setting everything up (or at least configuring where things are located). We could also set it up so that when folks are using the subversion trunk, it'll warn them that the code is in development, subject to change, they shouldn't use it on a production server...all that good stuff. Now that my books done (warning shameless plug ;) ...everyone should by multiple copies http://www.amazon.com/Facebook-API-Developers-Guide-Firstpress/dp/1430209690), my schedule is freeing up a lot so I should be able to start putting in some more hours on this. My plan right now is to have the log4j component running by the end of next week. Along with a nightly snapshots. I was also thinking that it might be beneficial to look at creating rpm and deb packages...but that's probably a post-1.0 thing. On Feb 13, 2008 6:14 PM, Andrew Nagy <and...@vi...> wrote: > Yeah - although I had another thought today. What if we replaced the install script with an ant script and shipped ant with vufind? > > Andrew > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: way...@gm... [mailto:way...@gm...] On Behalf > > Of Wayne Graham > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:09 PM > > To: Andrew Nagy; Antonio Barrera; vuf...@li... > > Subject: Re: [VuFind-Tech] Java Import Build Error > > > > How about an automated nightly build instead? This way there's a > > nightly download link for folks to get the latest code, but we don't > > have a bunch of jar floating around. I should be able to set something > > up for this by next week. > > > > Wayne > > > > > > On 2/13/08, Andrew Nagy <and...@vi...> wrote: > > > Wayne - is it possible to have the import tool prebuilt in the SVN? > > > > > > I think more people are just getting the latest source from SVN > > instead of > > > downloading the release tar files. It would be nice if they could > > just go > > > and run the imort tool withough having to install and build the tool > > first. > > > > > > Just an idea - haven't put much thought into it yet. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > From: vuf...@li... > > > [mailto:vuf...@li...] On Behalf Of > > Antonio > > > Barrera > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:35 AM > > > To: vuf...@li... > > > Subject: [VuFind-Tech] Java Import Build Error > > > > > > Just checked out the latest version and received this error while > > attempting > > > to build the java importer: > > > > > > -bash-3.00$ ant jar > > > Buildfile: build.xml > > > > > > BUILD FAILED > > > file:/data1/vufind/vufind/build.xml:29: Unexpected element "tstamp" > > > > > > Total time: 1 second > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Antonio > > > > |