Re: [Exist-open] Feedback on forthcoming release

[Adam Retter <ad...@ex...>]

Hi Ron,

We dropped support for building WAR files, as it was something we haven't
really supported in a long time. Also running eXist-db inside a Servlet
Container as a WAR has its own issues that were holding us back.

The recommended way to run eXist-db is as a standalone server.

I hope that news isn't too painful?

All the best. Adam.

On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 19:56, Ron Van den Branden <ron.v...@ka...>
wrote:

> [sorry, now with a proper subject line]
>
> Hi,
>
>
> This is exciting news! I have to get maven set up at my machine, but at
> first glance, the Windows binary (from Adam's zip file) seems to start
> up without problems. I don't know if I'll be able to test immediately
> with my current apps, since I imagine there will be lots of changes on
> the level of query / index / extension functions, etc.
>
> I have one general question already: will it still be possible to build
> WAR distribution files for use in Tomcat, or will the new directory
> layout etc. be compatible with Tomcat at all?
>
> Best,
>
> Ron
>
> On 03/05/2019 16:50, exist...@li... wrote:
> > I?m writing to announce that we plan to switch eXist?s build system
> > from ant to maven with the next release candidate for eXist 5.0. This
> > will also have consequences on distributions, in particular, a much
> > simplified directory layout. We would appreciate getting more feedback
> > on the intended changes and see more people test the build. For
> > discussion please see the PR:
> >
> > https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/pull/2657
> > <https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/pull/2657>
> >
> > To test the mavenized build, you can clone the underlying branch
> > directly with:
> >
> > git clone --single-branch --branch refactor/maven-build
> > git://github.com/adamretter/exist.git maven-build
> >
> > Once cloned, run `mvn clean install`, which requires maven to be
> > installed.
> >
> > Please comment on the PR or join our weekly community call next Monday
> > where we will discuss the PR again: Monday, May 6, 2019, 7:30-8:30pm
> > Europe Central (CEST) / 17:30 UTC / 10:30am US Pacific (PDT) / 1:30pm
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> >
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> > <
> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20190408T1930&p1=37
> >
> >
> > Details about how to join the call will be announced to this list
> > before the date.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Wolfgang
> >
> > P.S.: please also be aware that a number of deprecated functions will
> > be removed in 5.0-RC8. See
> > https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/issues/2626
> > <https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/issues/2626>.
>
>
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Adam Retter

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