Jetspeed would be a lot easier to get started with if the guys who wrote the documentation checked it by asking a friend who has little or no experience with Java development but is a Unix or Windows system administrator to try to install it.
Watch for the places where the person get stuck and note the questions and discussion.


There are little things that are assumed. Last time I looked, it went into great detail about Maven and Ant but never mentionned downloading Jetspeed or setting it up. It just assumed that you would intuitively know at what point to install Jetspeed.
It had a whole page about all of the properties in build.properties but never mentionned where to get the file and where to put it.


This is not just a Jetspeed problem, it happens everywhere, Just try to figure out how to set up Tomcat and Apache to use the worker files. Same problem - lots of instructions about what the files contents are but never any mention about where the file actually goes - apache/conf or tomcat/conf???

I am pleased about the amount of documentation that is getting done and I know that writing documentation is neither fun nor easy.

Keep up the good work.

Ron

Bernhard Bauer wrote:

hi!
you should check your build.properties file... have you followed the instructions given on the portal homepage?


maybe my instructions/hints can solve your probably (hope you've downloaded and installed java, tomcat and maven...)

in the src-folder you've downloaded, there is a file called build.properties.sample - rename this file to build.properties and edit it. take care of the slashes in the path - they have to be / instead of the normal windows - eg. c:/programs instead of c:\programs!!

next you have to put the build.properties file in your user-home directory - if you use windows - its "driveletter":\documents and settings\"User" - hope you understand what i mean - if not, just ask

if you've done already so, maybe it helps if you show me a listing of your build.properties file... in my opinion - it's not easy getting started with jetspeed-2 - so keep on trying :-)

greets,
bernhard




----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Tanzmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:38 AM
Subject: Build problems: Jetspeed and Maven



Hi, I try to build jetspeed 2 with maven and I follow the instruction from "getting started" manual but I have a problem.

First step I have done
 cd ${jetspeed-2-home}
 maven start.test.server

Console output:
 build:start
 start.test.server:
 ...
 [java] server.properties not found, using command line or default
properties
 [java] opening database: ./src/database/hsql/Test
 [java] HSQLDB server 1.7.1 is running
 [java] Use SHUTDOWN to close normally ...
 [java] ... Listening for connections...

Second Step I have done in another console:
 cd ${jetspeed-2-home}
 maven allClean allBuild

Console output:
 Starting the reactor...
 BUILD FAILED
 File..... C:\...\maven.xml
 Line 104
 Column 7
 Error reading XML or initializing

But the maven.xml file at this line looks so:

<maven:reactor
      basedir="${basedir}"

includes="*/project.xml,applications/*/project.xml,services/*/project.xm
l,components/*/project.xml,portals-bridges/*/project.xml"
      excludes="applications/project.taglibs/project.xml"
      goals="clean"
      banner="Cleaning"
      ignoreFailures="true"
   /> //!!!line 104

   <maven:reactor
      basedir="${basedir}"

includes="layout-portlets/project.xml,maven-plugin/project.xml,taglibs/p
roject.xml"
      goals="clean"
      banner="Cleaning"
      ignoreFailures="true"
   />

Ok. I�m a Newbie but I think this lines are ok. So can you tell me whats
wrong. In the first terminal session was no server.properties found but
I dont know this file. Because the file is failed the TestServer starts.

Please help me.

Christian Tanzmann



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