[DISCUSS] Submit Java BootstrapConnector.jar to Maven Repo

[Carl Marcum <cm...@apache.org>]

Hello All,

BACKGROUND
In my work on the groovy-uno extensions to the Java UNO api's I found a 
need to bootstrap the office from groovy scripts and unit tests
where the UNO jars are not on the classpath in the same place as the 
office executable.

The solution I found was an old post in the OpenOffice forum with a 
downloadable bootstrapconnector.jar with source code [1].

This solution allows bootstrapping the office by passing a string 
representing the path to the office executable to the method.

ACTION
I have obtained permission from the author to use the code by our 
project and under the AL 2.0 license and documented it with the AOO PMC.

I created a bugzilla issue [2] to document the upload to SVN under 
devtools [3] and apply the license headers.

The code is setup by me as a Gradle built project and I have included a 
README.md file describing build instructions, usage, and credits in 
addition to adding the META-INF/LICENSE, NOTICE, and CREDIT files that 
will build into the jar file.

NOT YET DONE
I would like to create a Maven bundle,jar containing signed source, 
classes, and javadoc jars and submit this to our Maven repository 
similar to the recently submitted Java UNO jars.

QUESTION
Since this is code not included with the voted upon AOO 4.1.2 release, 
do I need to call a vote or is lazy-consensus satisfactory since this is 
a developer tool similar to the AOO-Netbeans Integration plugin?

[1] https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2520

[2] https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126807

[3] 
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/devtools/bootstrap-connector/trunk/ 


Thanks,
Carl


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Re: [DISCUSS] Submit Java BootstrapConnector.jar to Maven Repo

[Kay Schenk <ka...@gmail.com>]

On 01/23/2016 01:18 PM, Carl Marcum wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> BACKGROUND
> In my work on the groovy-uno extensions to the Java UNO api's I
> found a need to bootstrap the office from groovy scripts and unit
> tests
> where the UNO jars are not on the classpath in the same place as
> the office executable.
>
> The solution I found was an old post in the OpenOffice forum with
> a downloadable bootstrapconnector.jar with source code [1].
>
> This solution allows bootstrapping the office by passing a string
> representing the path to the office executable to the method.
>
> ACTION
> I have obtained permission from the author to use the code by our
> project and under the AL 2.0 license and documented it with the
> AOO PMC.
>
> I created a bugzilla issue [2] to document the upload to SVN under
> devtools [3] and apply the license headers.
>
> The code is setup by me as a Gradle built project and I have
> included a README.md file describing build instructions, usage,
> and credits in addition to adding the META-INF/LICENSE, NOTICE,
> and CREDIT files that will build into the jar file.
>
> NOT YET DONE
> I would like to create a Maven bundle,jar containing signed
> source, classes, and javadoc jars and submit this to our Maven
> repository similar to the recently submitted Java UNO jars.
>
> QUESTION
> Since this is code not included with the voted upon AOO 4.1.2
> release, do I need to call a vote or is lazy-consensus
> satisfactory since this is a developer tool similar to the
> AOO-Netbeans Integration plugin?

I would say what you've done is all that is needed to have
bootstrapconnector.jar available for the project in the /devtools area.
But...I don't know what's been in done in the past for something
like this. If we decided to use it or supply it as part of the SDK,
for example, then it would undergo more scrutiny because it WOULD
then be voted on.

We do need additional feedback.

>
> [1] https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2520
>
> [2] https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126807
>
> [3]
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/devtools/bootstrap-connector/trunk/
>
>
> Thanks,
> Carl
>
>
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