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RE: [higgins-dev] versioning higgins libraries
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Could the version info of a versioned jar be in a manifest in the jar ?
Jeffrey C. Broberg
CA
Senior Architect, Development
Tel: +1-508-628-8490
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: higgins-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:higgins-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Sermersheim
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:22 PM
> To: 'Higgins (Trust Framework) Project developer discussions'
> Subject: RE: [higgins-dev] versioning higgins libraries
>
> Yes on #1, but on #2 and #3, I have a question. What is the
> difference between idas.zip and
> org.eclipse.higgins.idas-feature-n.n.n.zip? Do they contain
> the same jar but one is versioned and the other isn't?
>
>
> >>> "Mary Ruddy" <mary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 12/18/06 11:30 AM >>>
>
> Jim
>
> Does the following summarizing your last few comments? It
> sounds like you would like to
> 1) Be able to trigger a *nightly build* meaning trigger a
> build at will regardless of the time of day that would go
> into the *nightly* build location. Add the time of the build
> to the download screen
> 2) Continue to not include the date or build number in
> the *nightly build jar name*
> 3) Add a build number to the *stable build jar name*.
> For example 0.7.32
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: higgins-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:higgins-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Sermersheim
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 6:04 PM
> To: 'Higgins (Trust Framework) Project developer discussions'
> Subject: RE: [higgins-dev] versioning higgins libraries
>
>
> Looks like I should have poked around a bit before bringing this up.
>
>
>
> I guess if we could cause this build to fire off at will,
> then we could make time-critical changes, build the library
> and then have others pull the latest changes.
>
>
>
> In the past, the date wasn't reliable because it didn't say
> anything about the source of the build. We have, in the past
> built IdAS locally, and then redistributed that with the LDAP
> CP. Because we built locally, there's nothing which
> guaranties which updates were on that local machine.
>
>
>
> This still might be a small issue with using dates. A build
> on a given date may or may not include all the fixes
> committed on that date. We get around this in Bandit builds
> by using the latest SVN version as the build number -- that
> way we know exactly what has been committed in that jar.
>
>
>
>
> >>> "Mary Ruddy" <mary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 12/15/06 12:39 PM >>>
>
> We are already recording most of this information on the
> download pages and various associated objects (0.6.0
> N20061215 was last night's IdAS build.) and could use it to
> more fully label the .jar. In what way do you mean the
> build date is not reliable? Do you mean because it is not
> part of the .jar name? Would labeling the jar
> .0.6.0.N20061215 meet your needs?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: higgins-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:higgins-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Sermersheim
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:07 PM
> To: higgins-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [higgins-dev] versioning higgins libraries
>
>
> Paul,
>
>
>
> A recurring issue that pops up is that of versioning
> idas.jar. As it is, people only have the date to rely on,
> but that's not reliable.
>
>
>
> I assume we'd want a number that includes a major version,
> minor version, and build number. It'd good to have the build
> number auto increment. I stubbed out the beginnings of an
> attempt at this in the idas build.xml, but haven't gotten any further.
>
>
>
> Maybe the best thing to do is to get someone to own this task.
>
>
>
> Jim
>
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