Update on compiling source and a little feedback

[Seref Arikan <se...@kurumsalteknoloji.com>]

Hi,
I've previously had some problems with compiling Axis2 source code, mainly
due to issues with tests failing during compilation. I've tried jdk 6 and 5,
and many other tweak, but I could not manage to get maven compile sources
without any errors. I've decided to try something different, and I've setup
Ubuntu 8.04. Switching from XP sp2 to Ubuntu worked for me, and I've managed
to compile both Axis2 1.4 source release and the latest code I've checked
out from svn using both jdk 5 and 6
However, I could not compile 1.3, neither with jdk5 nor with 6. Actually jdk
6 appears to be a no go for 1.3 anyway. Tests still fail (2 failures
actually)  for 1.3 with maven 2.0.9 .
The feedback is: there are still ant build files and instructions in readme
files. However, some of the instructions related to ant are out of date. For
example to create eclipse plugin projects, if you choose the ant way, you
are expected to do a "maven create-lib" according to docs, but this is not
possible, since maven is used in maven 1.x and mvn is used in maven 2. Axis2
uses maven 2 so this part of the doc is broken I guess. The doc does not
mention that you can do mvn eclipse:eclipse in eclipse tools dirs to get
plugin projects, and when you do that, the libs that the plugin project
require are not copied to lib folder of the generated project.
Overall, the process requires a little digging, considerably more if you are
not used to maven, and I've still not managed to get 1.3 source to compile.
Still, I'm very glad that I've reached a point where I can see the bigger
picture much better, and I'd like to thank to all contributers for making
such a great piece of work available.

All the best
Seref

Re: Update on compiling source and a little feedback

[Seref Arikan <se...@kurumsalteknoloji.com>]

Hello Eran,
That'd be my pleasure. I'm evaluating various stacks for web services, Axis
being my favorite, and if things go right, it'll be used in a large scale
project. I'd be more than happy to contribute any changes, improvements I'll
be doing meanwhile.

Cheers
Seref

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 5:21 AM, Eran Chinthaka <er...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Seref,
>
> you can make the life better of the other newcomers, if you have some time
> to help.
>
> Please checkout our source code, and improve the documentation. Then if you
> can send a patch, one of our existing committers can review that and apply
> it. So that in the next release everyone will get better docs. This is a
> community effort and your contribution and feedback is greatly appreciated.
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Seref Arikan <
> serefarikan@kurumsalteknoloji.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I've previously had some problems with compiling Axis2 source code, mainly
>> due to issues with tests failing during compilation. I've tried jdk 6 and 5,
>> and many other tweak, but I could not manage to get maven compile sources
>> without any errors. I've decided to try something different, and I've setup
>> Ubuntu 8.04. Switching from XP sp2 to Ubuntu worked for me, and I've managed
>> to compile both Axis2 1.4 source release and the latest code I've checked
>> out from svn using both jdk 5 and 6
>> However, I could not compile 1.3, neither with jdk5 nor with 6. Actually
>> jdk 6 appears to be a no go for 1.3 anyway. Tests still fail (2 failures
>> actually)  for 1.3 with maven 2.0.9 .
>> The feedback is: there are still ant build files and instructions in
>> readme files. However, some of the instructions related to ant are out of
>> date. For example to create eclipse plugin projects, if you choose the ant
>> way, you are expected to do a "maven create-lib" according to docs, but this
>> is not possible, since maven is used in maven 1.x and mvn is used in maven
>> 2. Axis2 uses maven 2 so this part of the doc is broken I guess. The doc
>> does not mention that you can do mvn eclipse:eclipse in eclipse tools dirs
>> to get plugin projects, and when you do that, the libs that the plugin
>> project require are not copied to lib folder of the generated project.
>> Overall, the process requires a little digging, considerably more if you
>> are not used to maven, and I've still not managed to get 1.3 source to
>> compile. Still, I'm very glad that I've reached a point where I can see the
>> bigger picture much better, and I'd like to thank to all contributers for
>> making such a great piece of work available.
>>
>> All the best
>> Seref
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> With Mettha,
> Eran Chinthaka
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Health is the greatest gift; contentment is the greatest wealth; trusting
> is the best relationship; nirvana is the highest joy. - Dhammapada

Re: Update on compiling source and a little feedback

[Eran Chinthaka <er...@gmail.com>]

Hi Seref,

you can make the life better of the other newcomers, if you have some time
to help.

Please checkout our source code, and improve the documentation. Then if you
can send a patch, one of our existing committers can review that and apply
it. So that in the next release everyone will get better docs. This is a
community effort and your contribution and feedback is greatly appreciated.

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Seref Arikan <
serefarikan@kurumsalteknoloji.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've previously had some problems with compiling Axis2 source code, mainly
> due to issues with tests failing during compilation. I've tried jdk 6 and 5,
> and many other tweak, but I could not manage to get maven compile sources
> without any errors. I've decided to try something different, and I've setup
> Ubuntu 8.04. Switching from XP sp2 to Ubuntu worked for me, and I've managed
> to compile both Axis2 1.4 source release and the latest code I've checked
> out from svn using both jdk 5 and 6
> However, I could not compile 1.3, neither with jdk5 nor with 6. Actually
> jdk 6 appears to be a no go for 1.3 anyway. Tests still fail (2 failures
> actually)  for 1.3 with maven 2.0.9 .
> The feedback is: there are still ant build files and instructions in readme
> files. However, some of the instructions related to ant are out of date. For
> example to create eclipse plugin projects, if you choose the ant way, you
> are expected to do a "maven create-lib" according to docs, but this is not
> possible, since maven is used in maven 1.x and mvn is used in maven 2. Axis2
> uses maven 2 so this part of the doc is broken I guess. The doc does not
> mention that you can do mvn eclipse:eclipse in eclipse tools dirs to get
> plugin projects, and when you do that, the libs that the plugin project
> require are not copied to lib folder of the generated project.
> Overall, the process requires a little digging, considerably more if you
> are not used to maven, and I've still not managed to get 1.3 source to
> compile. Still, I'm very glad that I've reached a point where I can see the
> bigger picture much better, and I'd like to thank to all contributers for
> making such a great piece of work available.
>
> All the best
> Seref
>
>


-- 
With Mettha,
Eran Chinthaka

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