Re: [sapphire-dev] Sapphire questions from bfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxx

[<konstantin.komissarchik@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brian,

I am copying sapphire-dev mailing list.

> I'm trying to play with Sapphire 0.3.0 and can't get it to build properly.

In order to build Sapphire 0.3 itself in your workspace, you need to be 
running Eclipse install with a fairly recent build of 0.3 SDK. You need 
Sapphire to build Sapphire.

You can get access to 0.3 builds and repositories from this Hudson job:

https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/sapphire-0.3.x/

For instance, this is the URL to use for a repository corresponding the last 
good build:

https://hudson.eclipse.org/hudson/job/sapphire-0.3.x/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/build/repository/

Sapphire should install into a basic Eclipse Java EE package (Helios - 
Indigo M6). The only caveat is dependency on Graphiti (version 0.8 M6, 
http://www.eclipse.org/graphiti/download.php) which you may need to install 
separately. In the future, this will be a separate feature that you can 
choose to install or not.

You can find a zip of samples on the build server as well, for when you have 
the SDK installed.

Another alternative is to build Sapphire locally from the command line. This 
will give you a pre-configured development environment in which you can open 
both Sapphire framework code and samples. The build is super easy to setup, 
but will take some time for the first run as it will need to download 
various Eclipse dependencies. Instructions here:

http://www.eclipse.org/sapphire/developers/BuildingLocally.php

> And when I tried to use the 0.2.1 update site, it fails due to some
> incompatibility with an org.apache.ant jar version problem.

Make sure to uncheck "consult all update sites option" as Sapphire does not 
depend on org.apache.ant jar, so it cannot be the direct source of this 
problem. Note that I think you will want to try to install 0.3.x instead as 
0.2.1 SDK does not have the form-based editor for sdef files that I showed 
you yesterday.

- Konstantin


-----Original Message----- 
From: Brian Fitzpatrick
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:35 AM
To: konstantin.komissarchik@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: bfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Sapphire questions from bfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxx

Hey Konstantin,

Due to some weird VPN issues, I'm unable to e-mail you from my work
address (bfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxx) but wanted to ping you before I
forgot...

Thanks for the demo yesterday. Really appreciate you taking the time
to walk through it with us.

I'm trying to play with Sapphire 0.3.0 and can't get it to build
properly. I remember you said yesterday that there's some weird three
part build process you have to go through to get this thing working.
I'm having issues building org.eclipse.sapphire.modeling, and I
suspect that's part of the issue with the parser. But that's just a
guess. Build guy I ain't. :)

And when I tried to use the 0.2.1 update site, it fails due to some
incompatibility with an org.apache.ant jar version problem.

Do you happen to have a Sapphire 0.3.0 update site somewhere that's
being built for Windows 32-bit? I'd like to do some playing, but I
need something to play with that works.

Thanks in advance! I'll e-mail you from my "more official" e-mail
address when I get back home tomorrow.

Have a great rest of your week!

--Fitz (Brian Fitzpatrick from DTP and Red Hat)

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