How do I do a jbossxb 2.0.0.CR4

[starksm64]

If I set the jbossxb pom.xml to a new version and test the prepare step, it fails with this error:

[starksm@succubus jbossxb]$ mvn -Dtestmode=true release:prepare
...
way too much crap pulled from external repos
...
[INFO] [release:prepare]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[INFO] The project jboss:jbossxb isn't a snapshot (2.0.0.CR4).
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[INFO] Total time: 23 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Apr 04 17:38:00 PDT 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 9M/107M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[starksm@succubus jbossxb]$

[pgier]

You don't need to set the version in the pom. If you run
"mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true"
Then it will prompt you for the release version (2.0.0.CR4) and the new trunk version (2.0.0-SNAPSHOT).

See this also:
http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-release-plugin/howto.html

Using the dryRun property, it won't actually commit anything.
Next, run
"mvn release:clean"
This will clean up the stuff that the dryRun option created. I think it's a bug in the release plugin because the version and svn URL get messed up if you do a dry run and then a prepare without clean.

The steps to actually do the release are:
mvn release:prepare
mvn release:perform

Prepare does the tag, and perform does the build from the tag.
Last step is you have to commit to cvs in the maven and buildmagic repositories.

I keep meaning to create a wiki entry describing these steps, I just haven't gotten around to it yet. :)

[starksm64]

Is there a way to use a java svn impl? Its not working on my box because the rhel4 svn client is out of date with respect to the eclipse version.

[starksm@succubus jbossxb]$ mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'release'.
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building JBoss XML Binding
[INFO] task-segment: [release:prepare] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [release:prepare]
[INFO] Verifying that there are no local modifications...
[INFO] Executing: svn --non-interactive status
[INFO] Working directory: /home/svn/Common/trunks/jbossxb
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[ERROR] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[INFO] Unable to check for local modifications
Provider message:
The svn command failed.
Command output:
svn: This client is too old to work with working copy ''; please get a newer Subversion client

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[INFO] Total time: 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Apr 04 18:55:07 PDT 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 11M/169M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------[starksm@succubus

[pgier]

It looks like for now your only option for now is to upgrade the command line client. There was some work done on a javasvn client, but apparently the license of svnkit is now incompatible with the apache license, so the java svn client was never fully integrated into maven (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SCM-13).

There is another maven plugin that uses svnkit which should be available in a few weeks.

How would the license of svnkit affect us? Is there any problem with using it?