Re: [Rails-devel] How do I get the source?

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

On 2011-12-11 16:07, brett lentz wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 6:19 PM, John David Galt
> <jd...@di...> wrote:
>> I want to create a new variant, but the .zip file doesn't seem to contain any
>> XML, or for that matter any Java code.  Where is it?  (If I'm expected to use
>> SVN or some newer gadget to get it, then I need instructions and passwords.)
> 
> The source is available via the Git repository.
> 
> Most of the basic instructions on cloning the git repository are here:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/rails/develop
> 
> It's basically just that single "git clone" command.
> 
> There's a ton of documentation on learning Git located here:
> http://git-scm.com/documentation

OK, I've gotten that far (after installing Cygwin).

But I can't tell what to do to build the code.  "make_rails_pkg.sh" seems to
be about creating a tarball, while I don't think I have either the programs
that created "build.xml" and "buildRails.xml" or the ones that can use them.

I have the latest JDK (7u2), but Cygwin installed its own version of Java
and I'm not sure how you build a program under *either* version.  If there's
a "makefile" I haven't found it yet.

> I'm looking forward to seeing your patches posted to the list when
> they're ready. :-)

Me, too.  I've got a huge to-do list, about half bugs, half features. :)