JMeter build documentation

[David Bronner <db...@google.com>]

Hi all,

I'm sure this has been discussed to death here, but if I wasted my time
figuring it out, I'm sure others have too:

If JMeter is not going to include all of its apache dependencies in the
source distribution, then the documentation should be VERY explicit about
what other libraries you need to find on your own.  Specifically, I've been
struggling to figure out where the org.apache.log dependencies were supposed
to come from.

After I figured out my problem, I found this discussion:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200308.mbox/%3C3F367530.28632.52B78F5@localhost%3E
where the developers decided not to include dependencies like Velocity.
However, if the dependencies are not going to be in the source distribution
(which is fine), the docs should tell you what else you need.

Just my 2 cents.  Otherwise, JMeter is great.

-Dave

Re: JMeter build documentation

[David Bronner <db...@google.com>]

Yes.  I think it would be very helpful to include this information in the
README.  It might be nice to put a note on the source download page as well
(http://jakarta.apache.org/site/downloads/downloads_jmeter.cgi), but I'd
understand if you didn't want to clutter that page.

-Dave

On 1/12/06, sebb <se...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/01/06, David Bronner <db...@google.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm sure this has been discussed to death here, but if I wasted my time
> > figuring it out, I'm sure others have too:
> >
> > If JMeter is not going to include all of its apache dependencies in the
> > source distribution, then the documentation should be VERY explicit
> about
> > what other libraries you need to find on your own.  Specifically, I've
> been
> > struggling to figure out where the org.apache.log dependencies were
> supposed
> > to come from.
>
> The distributable jars are included in the binary release, because
> they are needed at run-time.
>
> They are not included in the source release - the archives are large
> enough as it is ...
>
> So you need both binary and source to do a build; alternatively one
> can fetch the whole lot from the code repository (SVN).
>
> I agree this is not obvious - question is, where would you expect to
> find this information?
>
> Would updating the README file suffice?
>
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Re: JMeter build documentation

[sebb <se...@gmail.com>]

On 12/01/06, David Bronner <db...@google.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm sure this has been discussed to death here, but if I wasted my time
> figuring it out, I'm sure others have too:
>
> If JMeter is not going to include all of its apache dependencies in the
> source distribution, then the documentation should be VERY explicit about
> what other libraries you need to find on your own.  Specifically, I've been
> struggling to figure out where the org.apache.log dependencies were supposed
> to come from.

The distributable jars are included in the binary release, because
they are needed at run-time.

They are not included in the source release - the archives are large
enough as it is ...

So you need both binary and source to do a build; alternatively one
can fetch the whole lot from the code repository (SVN).

I agree this is not obvious - question is, where would you expect to
find this information?

Would updating the README file suffice?

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