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[Philipp Heckel <philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great. I'll try it tomorrow.

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Julien Nicoulaud
<julien.nicoulaud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have pushed in the branch, the build now generates a working assembly, you
> can test it this way:
>    bzr branch lp:~julien-nicoulaud/syncany/maven
>    cd syncany/syncany
>    mvn clean install
>    syncany-assemblies/target/syncany-*-assembly/syncany-*/bin/syncany.sh
> Tell me what you think !
>
> Cheers,
> Julien
> 2011/6/14 Philipp Heckel <philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hey Julien,
>>
>> I've briefly browsed through the code and rearrangements you did. I
>> think it really looks good! Do you have a lot of experience in this?
>
> I've done this a few times :)
>
>>
>> I
>> will definitely take a closer look in the next days!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Philipp
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Julien Nicoulaud
>> <julien.nicoulaud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > OK, I've started it in the branch
>> > (https://code.launchpad.net/~julien-nicoulaud/syncany/maven). For now
>> > the
>> > project compiles and generates an (unusable) assembly, the work is still
>> > in
>> > progress but you can already see the structure (please stop me right
>> > here if
>> > it's not OK). Only a few jars remain checked in version control.
>> > Also, I will add the config for izpack so you can see how easy it is to
>> > generate a cross-platform installer with Izpack+Maven.
>> > Cheers,
>> > Julien
>> >
>> > 2011/6/13 Philipp Heckel <philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> Alright then :-D
>> >> I'm convinced!
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Julien Nicoulaud
>> >> <julien.nicoulaud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> > Nice, I will start working on it in this branch:
>> >> > https://code.launchpad.net/~julien-nicoulaud/syncany/maven
>> >> > I will let you know when it's ready for testing.
>> >> >
>> >> > 2011/6/13 nocans@xxxxxxxxx <nocans@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm all for it, and it sounds a nice opportunity to learn more about
>> >> >> maven.
>> >> >> I will see what I can do about us having a repo so we can have cake
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> eat it!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Julien Nicoulaud
>> >> >> <julien.nicoulaud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi all,
>> >> >>> Let me give the main reasons why I made this proposition:
>> >> >>>  - Right now the project is quite difficult to setup in other IDEs
>> >> >>> than
>> >> >>> Netbeans (IntelliJ IDEA user here). Maven benefits of a great
>> >> >>> integration
>> >> >>> with most IDEs, so it makes it easier for developers to get
>> >> >>> started.
>> >> >>>  - The Java libraries are checked in version control, which makes
>> >> >>> it
>> >> >>> very
>> >> >>> heavy. Maven pulls dependencies from repositories.
>> >> >>>  - The packaging and distribution of assemblies is easy, we can
>> >> >>> easily
>> >> >>> package an assembly for Windows, Linux, for development, etc.
>> >> >>> through
>> >> >>> descriptor files.
>> >> >>>  - The modularisation could be improved, for example it seems to me
>> >> >>> that
>> >> >>> subpackages in org.syncany.connection.plugins should be packaged in
>> >> >>> different Jars ?
>> >> >>>  - Also, Maven can handle the release process (doing a VCS tag,
>> >> >>> generating the release artifacts, bump version numbers, etc), but
>> >> >>> it's
>> >> >>> not
>> >> >>> mandatory.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> @Jason: We don't really need a repo, I took a quick look and here
>> >> >>> is
>> >> >>> the
>> >> >>> list of dependencies in libs/** that I could not find in Maven
>> >> >>> central
>> >> >>> repository:
>> >> >>> * AbsoluteLayout
>> >> >>> * AppFramework
>> >> >>> * eclipselink
>> >> >>> * eclipselink-javax.persistence
>> >> >>> * jpathwatch
>> >> >>> * gdata-*
>> >> >>> * j2ssh
>> >> >>> These few jars could just stay checked in version control.
>> >> >>> Julien
>> >> >>> 2011/6/13 nocans@xxxxxxxxx <nocans@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Maven is quite a treat. A lot of people are using it these days
>> >> >>>> and
>> >> >>>> has
>> >> >>>> great advantages. I am not a maven expert by any means, but I can
>> >> >>>> tell you
>> >> >>>> that the nicest thing about it is that you describe a project and
>> >> >>>> it's
>> >> >>>> dependanices in an xml file so that when you build it all the
>> >> >>>> dependancies
>> >> >>>> are pulled from your nexus repo, which is just a smart-ish binary
>> >> >>>> repo.
>> >> >>>> Also, when your project builds successfully your artifacts can be
>> >> >>>> stored in
>> >> >>>> your repo as snapshots so that others can use them.
>> >> >>>> The main idea of maven is that when a developer pulls the source
>> >> >>>> there's
>> >> >>>> no guesswork as to how to build and deploy the project, it's all
>> >> >>>> done
>> >> >>>> with
>> >> >>>> maven. In doing so, the project has to adhere to certain
>> >> >>>> standards,
>> >> >>>> namely
>> >> >>>> how the files and folders are laid out which is defined in a maven
>> >> >>>> archetype
>> >> >>>> and can even be changed if you want.
>> >> >>>> This is why I asked if there was some sort of 'public' repo we
>> >> >>>> could
>> >> >>>> use, since we're an open source project, because to take full
>> >> >>>> advantage of
>> >> >>>> maven one needs a nexus repo, and I don't have one handy :)
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Philipp Heckel
>> >> >>>> <philipp.heckel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> I have no experience with Maven or Ant. Are there any significant
>> >> >>>>> advantages in using Maven? Ant sort of integrated with Netbeans
>> >> >>>>> at
>> >> >>>>> the
>> >> >>>>> moment ...
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> If there are none, I think I agree with what Jason (nocans) says
>> >> >>>>> :-)
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:59 AM, nocans@xxxxxxxxx
>> >> >>>>> <nocans@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>> > Aside from the work of rearranging files and folders to match
>> >> >>>>> > an
>> >> >>>>> > archetype,
>> >> >>>>> > I don't think it would be of a great benefit unless the project
>> >> >>>>> > had
>> >> >>>>> > its own
>> >> >>>>> > nexus server.
>> >> >>>>> > Is there some sort of free nexus server resource for open
>> >> >>>>> > source
>> >> >>>>> > projects ?
>> >> >>>>> >
>> >> >>>>> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Julien Nicoulaud
>> >> >>>>> > <julien.nicoulaud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >>>>> >>
>> >> >>>>> >> Hi all,
>> >> >>>>> >> Just wanted to know, are you interested in Maven-inizing the
>> >> >>>>> >> project
>> >> >>>>> >> ? I
>> >> >>>>> >> can do this.
>> >> >>>>> >> Cheers,
>> >> >>>>> >> Julien
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