[udig-devel] build on trunk, tips and tricks and changes

[Jody Garnett]

So building on trunk (ie Eclipse 3.3.1.1) has been a bit of a beast. I 
have had some luck turning off the following preference:
1. Windows > Preferences
2. Select Run/Debug/Launching
3. Turn "wait for ongoing build to complete before launching" to PROMPT
4. Uncheck "Build (if required) before launching

I have tried this on three machines now and it prevents the launch 
process from building several times before launching.

The other thing is the introduction of a "copy.xml" script to the 
net.refractions.udig.libs plugin.
- auto build and manual build will now download stuff if the libs folder 
is not around
- cleaning will do the usual download check
- if you open up the copy.xml file you can see a "synchronize" target 
that you can run to refresh libs from your local maven repository

IMPORTANT FOR EUROPE
copy.properties has the various URLs that the script will check; change 
from lists.refractions.net to maven.geotools.fr if needed. You can also 
have a couple of ibiblio mirrors to check; feel free to list a mirror 
closer to your location.

Documentation for this stuff:
- http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/ADMIN/09+Your+first+build