[Using Sakai] sakai 2.8 with tomcat 7 patch

[Steve Swinsburg]

Thanks Mike. After some testing I'll discuss with the TCC about getting this into a 2.8 release.

cheers,
Steve


On 20/09/2012, at 2:56 PM, Mike Jennings <mike_jennings at unc.edu> wrote:

> I have created a branch of the WebDav code that has been patched to work with the Tomcat 7.
> 
> To get this to work do the following.
> 
> 1. Edit your .externals file in your project so that you are pointing to the new dav location.  The .external file is at the root of your sakai project that you checked out.
> 
> dav https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/dav/tags/sakai-2.8.1
> 
> to
> 
> dav https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/dav/branches/sakai-2.8.x-tc7
> 
> 2. From the command line goto the root directory where you just edited your .external file and run the following command.
> 
> #?> svn propset svn:externals -F .externals .
> 
> 3. remove the dav directory that is currently there and then update your sakai project. (svn up)
> 
> 4. edit the master/pom.xml file and change the value of sakai.tomcat.verson to be this.
> 
> <sakai.tomcat.version>7.0.29</sakai.tomcat.version>
> 
> 5. Rebuild the project and you will be good to go.
> 
> Sorry again about the delay with getting this out there...
> 
> Mike
> 
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> On 9/19/2012 9:36 PM, Mike Jennings wrote:
>> I have the patch ready to go, and just need to create a new dav branch
>> that has the changes in it.  I will do that either tonight or tomorrow
>> for everyone.  Sorry about the delay with getting this out there.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Steve Swinsburg
>> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com <mailto:steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Everything except dav should work with the restructure alone. IIRC
>>    Mike was working on the patch for Dav for 2.8. IMO It should then be
>>    rolled into a 2.8 release since TC 5.5 will be totally unsupported
>>    in 10 days, and not even able to be downloaded from the main Tomcat
>>    page in 3 months time.
>> 
>>    cheers,
>>    Steve
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>    On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Matthew Jones
>>    <matthew at longsight.com <mailto:matthew at longsight.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>        Right, everything in Sakai 2.8 (except for webdav) should work
>>        if you follow the directions on confluence, and basically it
>>        just involves adding a new java opt and changing some tomcat
>>        properties.
>> 
>>        https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Install+Tomcat+7
>> 
>>        The community release resources are currently all devoted to
>>        getting 2.9 released though Steve and Mike did say a month ago
>>        that they would work on a new 2.8 with Tomcat 7 and the modified
>>        webdav sometime. [1] The problem is that it would still
>>        currently require manual modification (of the properties files)
>>        unless you deployed the demo.
>> 
>>        [1]
>>        http://collab.sakaiproject.org/pipermail/cle-release-team/2012-August/000855.html
>> 
>>        On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mark J. Norton
>>        <markjnorton at earthlink.net <mailto:markjnorton at earthlink.net>>
>>        wrote:
>> 
>>            Not aware of a release date, but it might just be a matter
>>            of changing catalina.properties and creating the shared/lib
>>            and common/lib directories.
>> 
>>            - Mark Norton
>> 
>> 
>>            On 9/19/2012 9:42 AM, Anders Nordkvist wrote:
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