[weld-dev] ref guide (re)draft ready

[Jason Porter]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:52, Emmanuel Bernard <emmanuel at hibernate.org> wrote:
> You mean for example taking NumberGuess and enhance it? That's what Pete
> proposed as well.
> On 2 nov. 09, at 18:09, Dan Allen wrote:
>
> Jason,
>
> Simply check out that branch of the SVN tree and type:
>
>  mvn
>
> Then, you can choose from either a PDF or HTML. The PDF ends up in the
> current directory, the HTML in target/docbook/publish/en-US/html
>
> -Dan
>
> p.s. I tried to attach the PDF to the mailinglist, but it got moderated
> because of its size
>
> p.p.s. Probably not a bad tip to point in either the ref guide or the wiki.
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Jason Porter <lightguard.jp at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 21:33, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I've made it all the way through the ref guide with revisions that
>> > reflect
>> > that changes to the RI and spec names and the latest nomenclature and
>> > semantics from the spec. It's now ready for a technical review and
>> > proofreading (in trunk)
>> >
>> > https://svn.jboss.org/repos/weld/doc/trunk/reference
>> > http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/weld/doc/trunk/reference
>> >
>> > Since there was so much to change, I'm sure there are places where the
>> > semantics didn't get properly updated or an explanation is still out of
>> > date. Also, there were some areas of the ref guide that were thin, and I
>> > didn't have time to fill it all in. If you feel comfortable explaining a
>> > topic, please don't be shy to revise or suggest revisions.
>> >
>> > Here are some notes to consider:
>> >
>> > - Java SE sections need review for accuracy, relevance
>> > - Extending CDI (extend.xml) is extremely thin, to the point of being
>> > marginally useful compared to the spec
>> > - Weld extensions (extensions.xml) is underwhelming; do we have more to
>> > say
>> > than just about logging?
>> > - The chapter on producer fields (producerfields.xml) is missing, though
>> > producer fields are explained in intro.xml
>> > - The Weld SPI needs to be reviewed for accuracy, relevance
>> > (ri-spi.xml);
>> > this was a *long* chapter and I just don't know the Weld SPI yet
>> >
>> > I did add a lot of content while revising, but the ref guide can always
>> > be
>> > improved.
>> >
>> > -Dan
>> >
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>>
>> I'd love to take a look through it (currently reading the spec), but
>> I'd rather not read the XML files.  Is there a simple way to generate
>> the PDF or the HTML files, or do I need to check everything out and
>> build from there?
>>
>> --
>> Jason Porter
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Yeah, though I just want the docs.  I'm currently downloading
everything at http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/weld/ and we'll see what
happens :)  I also upgraded maven to 2.2, am I going to have issues?

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