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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: 3.4
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Component/s: Documentation
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Description
I've been scouring the site for a couple of days trying to figure out what I needed to install and where. I'm not using maven. The website doesn't give any idea of how to setup JBehave when not in a maven environment. So I'm having to do it by reverse engineering the maven pom.
The first problem was to trying and figure out what to download. The linked download file is only of use in a maven world. So I had to start downloaded by surfing the online repos. So I'd suggest that the raw jars and zips should also be linked for download from the main site.
The second issue was what to unzip, etc and suggested directories. Again the documentation takes a "it will just work" approach, which it doesn't. So instructions are needed here to.
Activity
Derek,
in the lib directory binary distribution there is an Ant script with a target to copy all the dependencies using the latest up-to-date POM (c.f. the docs/dependencies.html).
The Maven POM provides the meta-info about the dependencies, which can then be interpreted by the tool used for dependency management, Ivy or Maven Ant Tasks.
Mauro Talevi
added a comment - Derek,
in the lib directory binary distribution there is an Ant script with a target to copy all the dependencies using the latest up-to-date POM (c.f. the docs/dependencies.html).
The Maven POM provides the meta-info about the dependencies, which can then be interpreted by the tool used for dependency management, Ivy or Maven Ant Tasks. @Christiano - Hi, I don't have a problem with maven and generally prefer it even though ant is generally speaking faster. The issue is that the company I work for is at the moment still using ant so I don't have the luxury of moving. There's not that many dependencies so it's not too much trouble.
@Mauro - I think I found that. My issue is that the documentation assumed maven and didn't really cover any other situation.
Derek Clarkson
added a comment - @Christiano - Hi, I don't have a problem with maven and generally prefer it even though ant is generally speaking faster. The issue is that the company I work for is at the moment still using ant so I don't have the luxury of moving. There's not that many dependencies so it's not too much trouble.
@Mauro - I think I found that. My issue is that the documentation assumed maven and didn't really cover any other situation. We'll add more explicit instructions for Ant users in the dependencies page.
Mauro Talevi
added a comment - We'll add more explicit instructions for Ant users in the dependencies page. Mauro Talevi
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| Field | Original Value | New Value |
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| Fix Version/s | 3.4 [ 17278 ] |
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| Issue Type | Improvement [ 4 ] | Task [ 3 ] |
| Priority | Major [ 3 ] | Minor [ 4 ] |
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| Component/s | Documentation [ 11085 ] |
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| Component/s | Core [ 11086 ] |
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| Status | Open [ 1 ] | Resolved [ 5 ] |
| Resolution | Fixed [ 1 ] |
Hi Derek,
I'm curious... What is the problem of maven for you ?
I'm trying to imagine myself on the situation of have to download every jbehave dependency by hand but I really can't.
Do you really prefer to download and control the version of each dependency by hand ?