[jbosstools-dev] Re: Feedback on 2.1.CR1

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

> I've been playing around with tools 2.1.CR1 and specially the
> build/publish area. I wanted to make a few comments on this:
>
> 1.- Is there a way to do a Build Archive (Full) and Publish in just one
> click?
>
> 2.- I get no feedback when I do "Build Archive (Full)". IOW, did
> anything change? Or didn't it build anything cos nothing had changed?
> Maybe I forgot to rebuild? I get no type of feedback.

What kinda feedback do you expect ? An intrusive dialog or ?

> 3.- If I do a publish on an archive that hasn't changed (maybe cos I
> forgot to rebuild the archive and hence the build archive did nothing,
> but don't know at this stage), the event log says:
>
> -> Publishing [1 modules, 0 files changed]
>    -> [Full, no change] .jar
>
> This is very misleading cos in fact it didn't do anything even though
> the even says "Publishing...". It didn't deploy the jar cos it hasn't
> changed. Also, what does "0 files changed" mean?

0 files changed means ...0 files has changed...exactly what you are asking for - right ?

> If the archive had actually changed and the publish has really occurred,
> you get:
>
> -> Publishing [1 modules, 0 files changed]
>    -> [Full, Changed] .jar
>
> I have to extend the event to actually realise that the jar changed was
> actually published, even thought the title of the even still says "0
> files changed".

That sounds like a bug - please put in jira.

> Bottom line, the event log needs to be clearer in what happened without
> having to do too many clicks. Besides, each publish cannot be
> distinguished, maybe it's worth adding a timestamp or something to each
> publish event?

There is a timestamp/relative time in the Properties view.

/max