[jbosstools-dev] Who uses .target file?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

>>> Right, I forget you're downstream from JBoss Tools Core. This usecase is
>>> being considered here:
>>> 
>> 
>> note: when we start splitting up our giant repo into smaller parts many more will be downstream of "core" so this challenge
>> is not limited to the likes of switchyard.
>> 
>> Its actually already a problem today if you just want to develop on the mvn plugins - you also need to check out the code for everything else to build it.
>> /max
> 
> Not true.
> 
> svn co http://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/trunk/build/
> svn co http://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/trunk/maven/
> cd maven; mvn clean install -Plocal.site,jbosstools-nightly-staging-composite -Dlocal.site=file://path/to/locally/unzipped/targetplatform/
> 
> In that mode, you'll only need the sources for the maven plugins, and the rest will be resolved from upstream trunk composite staging site. You know the parent pom includes instructions for how to build against various different upstream bits, right?

Yes and since those sites spend more time being broken then it doesn't work.

And this doesn't work in PDE - if there was a target file it would help.

/max