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Subject:    Re: [VOTE] Approve the M1 release of Apache Stonehenge (Second try)
From:       Selvaratnam Uthaiyashankar <uthaiyashankar () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-05-23 14:35:50
Message-ID: 84cacd920905230723m4a257104mc814417710e805d8 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Sebb,

Thank you very much for the clarifications.

Regards,
Shankar

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 4:28 PM, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23/05/2009, Selvaratnam Uthaiyashankar <uthaiyashankar@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sebb,
>>
>>
>>
>>  >>
>>  >>  the source archive does not have the
>>  >>  > documentation source files. The generated site files are included
>>  >>  > instead. [The binary archive correctly contains the generate site
>>  >>  > files.]
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >> I fixed it and uploaded to
>>  >>  http://people.apache.org/~shankar/stonehenge/m1/take4/
>>  >>
>>  >>  (Only modification is in the src packs, including documentation source
>>  >>  files and removing generated site files).
>>  >>
>>  >>  Is it ok, or do we have to go for a re-vote?
>>  >
>>  > The source archive does not seem to contain the .css files - how do
>>  > these end up in the generated site?
>>
>>
>> We don't have any custom css yet. css files are generated by "mvn
>>  site" command and site documents are using them.
>>
>
> OK, I see.
>
>>
>>  >
>>  > It looks like the xdocs/resources directory is missing from SVN and
>>  > the source archive.
>>
>>
>> Do we need this, if we are using generated css files?
>>
>
> No.
>
>>
>>  >>  >
>>  >>  > The build file for the .NET code assumes that the code is being built
>>  >>  > from SVN, and tries to update the current directory. This is not
>>  >>  > appropriate for a source code archive,
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >> Current build file will check for svn working copy and if it is not an
>>  >>  svn working copy, it will omit it and continue to build. So, it will
>>  >>  work in the source release as well. But, you are correct, we have to
>>  >>  remove it. Do we have to remove it for this release or can we do it
>>  >>  for next release (since it works)?
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >>   which should be self-contained
>>  >>  > (apart from any 3rd party dependencies, which should be documented.).
>>  >>  > The build file should check that any required environment variables
>>  >>  > are set up and exit with an error if not. Also any required settings
>>  >>  > should be documented somewhere, preferably in the script as well as in
>>  >>  > the top-level README or BUILDING file.
>>  >>  >
>>  >>
>>  >>
>>  >> Installation guide WIKI shows all the dependencies and the settings needed.
>>  >
>>  > As mentioned above, this information needs to be included in the source archive.
>>  >
>>
>>
>> I am bit unclear here. We are including this information in the source
>>  archive as the pdf documents (generated from wiki). Do we need to
>>  extract the dependencies and put it in BUILDING file?
>
> How does one build the binary archive from the source archive?
> And what dependencies need to be available?
>
> This needs to be documented in the source archive in the README or a
> BUILDING file.
>
> If the process is already described fully elsewhere within the source
> archive, then the README can point to that documentation, e.g.
>
> "To build the binary archive, see section 10.3 in the file xyz.pdf."
>
> But if the instructions are simple and short, it might be helpful to
> extract them to a BUILDING file. That should probably mention where to
> find the installation instructions.
>
>>  Regards,
>>  Shankar
>>
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