9:06 p.m.
Hi guys,
I 'll be doing some changes that will *force you to delete your git
working directory and all your git forks*.
I am sorry to put you through this, but it will make development life
better afterwards.
Contact me if the dates don't work out for you. Suggestions, ideas are
still welcome of course.
Please forward this message to any droolsjbpm developer not reading the
mailing list.
*Please do not make any build changes in the next 2 weeks, because those
changes might be lost.*
Mail me the build changes and I 'll do them for you and make sure they
aren't lost.
What will change?
* We ‘ll split up the monolithic droolsjbpm repository into a few
smaller repositories.
o We will preserve history per repository.
o The droolsjbpm repository will be retired but not deleted.
o Your guvnor clone won’t take 1.2 GB diskspace anymore.
* We ‘ll split up the monolithic build into a few smaller builds
(one per repo).
o You’ll be able to build/test just guvnor.
+ Even if drools-core doesn’t build/test.
* We ‘ll split up the monolithic hudson job into a few smaller jobs
(one per repo).
o If the drools-eclipse guys break a test, the guvnor job will
still be blue (and vica versa), only the drools-eclipse job
will be red.
o The build will be broken less and the cause will be easier
to identify and fix.
o Hudson won’t be red all the time anymore.
* We ‘ll make some directory name changes, so artifactId’s are less
confusing and more correct
o For example: drools-server(which has nothing to do with the
guvnor server) will be renamed to drools-camel-server
* We ‘ll clean up some general things, like file endings, etc
New repository’s
We will end up with these repositories after the split-up is completely
done:
* repo droolsjbpm-parent
o The parent pom (common stuff for the build)
* repo droolsjbpm-knowledge
o The public API and the internal API
* repo drools
o The rule engine modules
* repo jbpm
o The workflow engine modules
* repo drools-planner
o The planning optimizer modules
* repo droolsjbpm-integration (groupId org.droolsjbpm)
o Integrating Drools & jBPM with Seam, Spring, Camel, etc
* repo guvnor
o The web app to manage Drools & jBPM repositories
* repo droolsjbpm-eclipse
o The eclipse plugin for drools & jbpm
* repo droolsjbpm-dist
o Installer, aggregated assemblies, ...
New structure guidelines
* Docs and examples
o Must be updated together with the main and test code => same
pull request!
o Are in the repo that provides their functionality
o Are build (if fast enough) together with the rest
+ docs might be slow, we ‘ll see if we need to only do
them in the -Dfull build
* We prefer long repo names, because
o Project dirs must much artifactId
<http://java.dzone.com/articles/maven-tip-project-directories>
o Forking “eclipse” on github to myUsername would confuse (as
it’s not eclipse but droolsjbpm-eclipse) and clash with
eclipse itself.
+ Not https://github.com/etirelli/eclipsebut
https://github.com/etirelli/droolsjbpm-eclipse
New dir structure
* repo droolsjbpm-parent (groupId org.droolsjbpm)
o This contains one pom, which is the parent pom for all the
general build stuff.
o artifactId renamed from drools
o Includes shell script (and maybe bat script) to clone all of
these repo’s
o droolsjbpm-bom ? - TODO research bill of materialpoms
* repo droolsjbpm-knowledge (groupId org.droolsjbpm)
o knowledge-api
+ renamed from drools-api
# GAV backward independency => TODO document
+ groupId org.droolsjbpm
o knowledge-internal-api
+ empty for now, will be filled by markp, krisv, etc
o TODO later one day: knowledge-core
+ extracted from drools-core
o TODO later one day: knowledge-builder
+ extracted from drools-compiler
o TODO later one day: knowledge-persistence
+ extracted drools-persistence-jpa
o droolsjbpm-introduction-docs
+ renamed drools-docs-introduction
* repo drools (groupId org.drools)
o drools-core
o drools-builder
+ renamed from drools-compiler
o drools-persistence
+ renamed drools-persistence-jpa
o drools-jsr94
o drools-clips
o drools-templates
o drools-decisiontables
o drools-verifier
o drools-expert-docs
o drools-fusion-docs
o drools-expert-examples
+ renamed from drools-examples-drl
o drools-fusion-examples
+ renamed from drools-examples-fusion
* repo jbpm (groupId org.jbpm)
o will be moved from the krisvgithub account to the
droolsjbpmgithub organization
o no other changes for now
* repo guvnor (groupId org.drools or org.droolsjbpm.guvnor or
org.guvnor)
o guvnor-repository
+ renamed from drools-repository
o guvnor-repository-jcr-connector
+ renamed from drools-repository-jcr-connector
o guvnor-repository-jackrabbit-connector
+ renamed from drools-repository-jackrabbit-connector
o guvnor-repository-modeshape-connector
+ renamed from drools-repository-modeshape-connector
o knowledge-ide-common (TODO)
+ renamed from drools-ide-common
+ eats drools-factconstraint (esteban working on that)
o guvnor-api?
+ TODO needed?
o guvnor-gwtclient
+ extracted from drools-guvnor: all the GWT stuff
o guvnor-webapp
+ renamed from drools-guvnor
o guvnor-examples
+ renamed from drools-examples-brms
# currently disabled, might be removed and
rewritten from scratch
o guvnor-docs
+ renamed from drools-docs-guvnor
o guvnor-modules
+ moved modules (under drools-guvnor)
+ includes bulk-import-util
# TODO later: remove the module and get the
feature as a button in the GWT gui
* repo droolsjbpm-eclipse (groupId org.drools - might be changed
over time)
o org.drools.eclipse (might be changed over time)
o org.drools.eclipse.task (might be changed over time)
o org.guvnor.tools (might be changed over time)
o org.drools.updatesite (might be changed over time)
* repo droolsjbpm-integration (groupId org.drools or
org.drools.integration)
o drools-camel
o drools-camel-server
+ renamed from drools-server
o drools-pipeline
+ (deprecated)
o drools-seam
+ drools-seam2
# TODO do we want to keep this?
+ drools-seam3
o drools-spring
o drools-ant
o drools-maven-plugin
o osgi-bundles
o drools-rhq-plugin
o drools-simulator
o drools-grid
o drools-rhq-plugin
o knowledge-integration-docs
+ renamed from drools-docs-integration
* repo drools-planner (groupId org.drools.planner)
o drools-planner-core
o drools-planner-examples
o drools-planner-docs
+ renamed from drools-docs-planner
o drools-planner-assembly
* repo droolsjbpm-dist(groupId org.droolsjbpm)
o Assemblies? Or per repo?
+ Per repo, but make src etc here
o TODO later: uber documentation?
o install-stale
+ renamed from install because it’s been moved into jbpm.
Implications: a very disruptive change
* Difficult copying patches to 4.x, 5.0 and 5.1...
o But not impossible, as I 'll first all directories to the
new repo, before renaming them
+ so the old release branches/tags will still have the
old directory names
+ and git is suppose to be able to deal with directory
name changes of branches
* Some Maven GAV (groupId, artifactId’s) change
o Everything will be documented in the release notes
While we’re freezing anyway:
* Before the move:
o Simplify & stabilize build
+ Simplify javadocs generation
# keep groups if possible, but not required
* Before pushing the moved part into a new repo:
o [Guvnor] Remove all the generated GWT files from the history
+ because it smaller repo makes a faster clone.
+ $ git filter-branch --tree-filter
'~/removeGeneratedGwtScript.sh' --all
# TODO check removeGeneratedGwtScript.sh vs
https://github.com/droolsjbpm/droolsjbpm/blob/5.0.x/drools-guvnor/build.xml
# rm -f
src/main/webapp/org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/**/*.gwt.rpc
# rm -f
src/main/webapp/org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/**/*.cache.html
# rm -f
src/main/webapp/org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/**/*.cache.js
# rm -f
src/main/webapp/org.drools.guvnor.Guvnor/**/*.cache.xml
* Before allowing others to touch the new repo:
o All line endings to \n (unix), except *.bat files
+ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBRULES-2855
o All \t (tabs) in *.java files replace by 4 spaces
+ all \t (tabs) in *.xml files replace by 2 spaces
o All copyright should start with /* and not /** because a
copyright is not a valid javadoc.
o Strip the @author from each *.java
+ It’s not accurate at all anymore (=bitrot).
# Actually, most of the time it’s the original
author, not the current guy who currently knows
what it does.
# Git history is much, much more accurate.
* Statistics generated by ohloh and github.
* Git can distinguish the author from the
committer
+ Credit is given on the team page and the blog.
# These pages are actually read by outsiders.
# Contact me to improve your entry on the team
page. Don’t be shy.
+ Motivation (must see video): How to get a healthy open
source project?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4216011961522818645#
How will this change happen?
* I'll split-off drools-planner tomorrow 8-FEB-2011
o To flesh out the split-up process.
o I don't think anyone forked and changed these modules.
* I'll split-off droolsjbpm-eclipse Wednesday 9-FEB-2011
o I don't think anyone forked and changed these modules.
* I'll probably split-off guvnor Friday 11-FEB-2011
o *Get your guvnor fork changes merged into master by Thursday
10-FEB-2011.*
o Contact me if this date is a problem.
* Other splits-off will be announced later.
--
With kind regards,
Geoffrey De Smet
irc.codehaus.org #drools