[jsword-devel] Source size

[Cameron Braid]

Some good ideas : 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jsword-devel-admin@crosswire.org 
> [mailto:jsword-devel-admin@crosswire.org] On Behalf Of Joe Walker
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 May 2003 7:41 PM
> To: jsword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: [jsword-devel] Source size
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Troy - the executive summary of this is I'd like to create a cvs 
> module/project called jsword-support (at the same level as jsword) It 
> would contain things stuff closely related to jsword.
> I think I can do it technically, but I want to make sure it 
> is OK with you.
> 

I think this is a good idea, as long as these files are also published to a
FTP or web site to be able to be downloaded one at a time.

> I'm constantly looking for ways to make the project size smaller. 
> Currently the source download is 12Mb which is huge, and 
> except for my 
> recent trimming it would have been nearer 20Mb!
> 
> The core problem is that I've collected lots of "useful 
> stuff" that it 
> not 100% directly related to the jsword source, but very handy.
> 
> The biggest trim was removing all the sources of projects 
> that we depend 
> on.  The loss is that when debugging you can't step into depended on 
> classes etc.

For this, I suggest that you zip em up and place them in the jsword-support
repo, and also publish them as mentioned above.  This will allow ppl to
download the src zips, and in eclipse associate them with the binary JARs to
enable src browsing / debugging

> I've also removed the UML directory that held some Together 
> UML models 
> of JSword.

Also a good idea to store in cvs - that way they are versioned... Though
also good to publish to web.

> The next thing to go will be the tools directory that isn't needed by 
> JSword directly, but is needed to do a full build. It contains things 
> like JDepend, PMD, etc. And after that will be the compressed 
> KJV data 
> source.

I don't think that you need to necessarily store these in the jsword-support
repo.. You could have a web page with links to their downloads.

> 
> When I say remove, I really mean move into a directory on my 
> PC called 
> jsword-support, and I think this should be checked into CVS 
> for the use 
> of serious developers.
> 
> Thoughts anyone?
> 
> Joe.
> 
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One thing that may be worth while considering is a move to maven.  I don't
really use maven myself because I havn't had the change to integrate it with
our projects yet, but it allows for automated publishing of JavaDoc, test
results, pmd reports, JAR dependencies, cvs activity etc... To a web site.

That is my 2c worth anyway.