JBoss AS - Nightly builds available for download

[jaikiran]

Some of the community users might already know this, but for those who aren't aware, the JBoss AS team publishes its nightly builds through a Hudson job at http://hudson.jboss.org/hudson/view/JBoss%20AS/. For example, the JBoss AS 6.x nightly builds are available via this job http://hudson.jboss.org/hudson/view/JBoss%20AS/job/JBoss-AS-6.1.x/. Click on the zip file link under the "Last Successful Artifacts" to download the latest nightly build (http://hudson.jboss.org/hudson/view/JBoss%20AS/job/JBoss-AS-6.1.x/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/JBossAS_6_1/build/target/jboss-6.1.x.zip). The installation of the AS, from the nightly build, is exactly the same as what you do with a released version. Just unzip it to a folder of your choice and start using it.

How/When to use such nightly builds:

Many of the community users report bugs either in the forums or in the JIRA. Those get fixed in due course of time and are available in the next released versions of JBoss AS. However, whenever a bug (which you are interested in or which you reported) is marked as fixed in the JIRA, it helps if the community users download the nightly builds and test that the bug is indeed fixed and it doesn't lead to any side effects. Ofcourse, the developer who fixed the bug would for sure have tested it on his own before marking it fixed, but additionally testing it with some of the user applications, always helps. This also means that if you notice any regressions due to the bug fix, then it is far easier to fix it before the new version gets released.

So feel free to start using the nightly builds and report any issues, that you run into, here in the forums http://community.jboss.org/en/jbossas?view=discussions

[jaikiran]

jaikiran pai wrote:

Many of the community users report bugs either in the forums or in the JIRA. Those get fixed in due course of time and are available in the next released versions of JBoss AS. However, whenever a bug (which you are interested in or which you reported) is marked as fixed in the JIRA, it helps if the community users download the nightly builds and test that the bug is indeed fixed and it doesn't lead to any side effects.

Here's one such bug fix https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBAS-7218.

P.S: Please create separate threads in this forum to discuss any specific issues with the bug fixes. That way they can be tracked separately.

[jaikiran]

For those of you interested in JBoss AS 7 nightly builds, you can find the information here https://community.jboss.org/thread/167590

For more information about JBoss AS7 see this: http://community.jboss.org/wiki/HackingonAS7

[ringerc]

Is there any chance a link to the Jenkins server can be added to http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/downloads/ ? The builds are currently rather well hidden, and I'm probably not the only one relying on them because of bugs in AS 7.1.1.Final .

[jaikiran]

Craig Ringer wrote:

Is there any chance a link to the Jenkins server can be added to http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/downloads/ ?

To be honest, I don't know if it can be added there. I don't manage the Jenkins environment nor the jbossas project pages.

Craig Ringer wrote:

The builds are currently rather well hidden, and I'm probably not the only one relying on them because of bugs in AS 7.1.1.Final .

What exactly do you mean by hidden? It's a sticky on the appropriate user forum pages. AS7 user forum has a sticky for this. See the "Featured Discussions" here https://community.jboss.org/en/jbossas7?view=discussions. It will lead you to https://community.jboss.org/thread/167590. I do know that many users have been using it ever since we created that topic.

[jaikiran]

Locking this discussion. For any discussions related to the nightly build, please open a new thread.