[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBDS-2456) JBDS should be buildable from source zip

[Michelle Murray (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-2456?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12777249#comment-12777249 ] 

Michelle Murray commented on JBDS-2456:
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Thanks [~nickboldt]. In part it is a case of RTFI on my part but in my defence I couldn't find the instructions so I think they should be moved/duplicated. 

I assumed the info would be in product/README.md and didn't think to look in the pom.xml. I'm just not used to working with pom.xml's and didn't think they would be a source of comments on building.

I am not suggesting removing the info from pom.xml (unless you think it shouldn't be duplicated). But install info could be added to the README.md?

I would suggest:
* Change the '## Install' section title in the README.md to '## Download' or '## Get the code' or something, so can use '## Install' later. 
* README.md mentions getting code from web and svn. Is it necessary to mention svn method as buildable source is now available from weblinks?
* Add a section titled '## Install' after '##Building' section, about installing JBDS (looking in installer/target for jbdevstudio*.jar and running java -jar ...), with text something link:
{{## Install
After building from source, the installer(s) will be produced in installer/target/. Navigate to the installer and run it with this command:
  $ java -jar jbdevstudio-*.jar}}
* What's the difference between 'mvn clean verify' and 'mvn install' or 'mvn clean install'? Will 'mvn clean verify' also install? Should the command in '## Build' have 'install' in it?

                
> JBDS should be buildable from source zip
> ----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBDS-2456
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-2456
>             Project: Developer Studio (JBoss Developer Studio)
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Build
>    Affects Versions: 6.0.0.GA, 7.0.0.Alpha1
>            Reporter: Nick Boldt
>            Assignee: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 7.0.0.Beta1
>
>         Attachments: log.eap-hudson.txt, log.eap.txt, log.hudson.txt, log.txt
>
>
> As reported here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12807472/how-build-jboss-developer-studio-from-source/ it would be nice if one could build JBDS from the sources zip. [~mmurray] reports that it sort of works but izPack is missing:
> {quote}it failed to find the devstudio/product/installer/IzPack-4.3.4.zip{quote}
> It should be noted that JBT can be built from github sources (but I don't think we've ever tried to build it from the source zip either). 
> Ref: https://community.jboss.org/wiki/HowtoBuildJBossToolswithMaven3

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