[JDO-603] dist goal fails if top level dir does not end in "jdo"

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: JDO 2 maintenance release 1 (2.1)
• Fix Version/s: JDO 2 maintenance release 2 (2.2)
• Component/s: site and infrastructure
• Assignee: Michelle Caisse
• Reporter: Michelle Caisse
• Created: 01/Aug/08 18:06
• Updated: 14/Jun/10 11:02
• Resolved: 20/Aug/08 20:45

Description

The algorithm used to compute the dist directory requires that the top-level directory terminate in the string "jdo". The algorithm is codified in this line of trunk/project.properties:
jdo.releases.dir = ${basedir.substring(0, basedir.lastIndexOf('jdo'))}jdo/releases

This, for example, takes c:/jdoFooBar/branches/2.1.1 and converts it to c:/jdo/releases. It will fail completely for c:/code/branches/2.1.1.

A fix allowing an arbitrary string as the local tree top level directory is difficult because it needs to work for both <topdir>/trunk/ and <topdir>/branches/<version>. The solution is to document the requirements for the directory name in <topdir>/HowToReleaseJDO.html.