[bug#56054] [PATCH] gnu: Add maven-shared-invoker

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hey Artyom,

Did you have a chance to look at Julien’s comments below?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> skribis:

> Thanks for the patch! It's mostly good, but I have some comments below
> :)
>
> Le Sat, 18 Jun 2022 17:58:12 +0300,
> "Artyom V. Poptsov" <poptsov.artyom@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> +(define-public maven-shared-invoker
>> +  (package
>> +    (name "maven-shared-invoker")
>> +    (version "3.2.0")
>> +    (source (origin
>> +              (method url-fetch)
>> +              (uri (string-append "mirror://apache/maven/shared/"
>> +                                  "maven-invoker-" version
>> "-source-release.zip"))
>> +              (sha256
>> +               (base32
>> +
>> "0yhgxvwpmyfhqaksdfmj9c4ml4pj60gnin8bq1a92ximf1dyyjyc"))
>> +              (patches
>> +               (search-patches
>> +                "maven-shared-invoker-exception-handler-fix.patch"
>> +                "maven-shared-invoker-rename-test-classes.patch"))))
>> +    (build-system ant-build-system)
>> +    (arguments
>> +     `(#:jar-name "maven-shared-invoker.jar"
>> +       #:source-dir "src/main/java"
>> +       #:tests? #f))                      ; Tests require Maven
>> itself
>
> How so? Tests are usually just junit tests and it's easy to run them.
> How are they so different from the usual tests?
>
> If it really requires maven, have you tried building it with the
> maven-build-system? There's a way to remove plugins from the pom file,
> so maven doesn't complain. The pom file doesn't look too complex, so I
> think it could work.
>
>> +    (propagated-inputs
>> +     (list maven-parent-pom-35))
>
> Yes you should propagate the parent, but that's only because maven
> needs it when it reads this package's pom file. So, please keep it and
> install this package from its pom file, like the others :)
>
>> +    (native-inputs
>> +     (list unzip
>> +           maven-surefire-plugin
>> +           java-javax-inject
>> +           java-junit))
>
> I'm surprised here you need maven-surefire-plugin. What is it used for
> exactly? From my understanding it can't be called outside of maven, and
> we don't use maven to install this package.
>
> The pom file lists java-javax-inject as a normal dependency, so it
> should be propagated instead. The pom file also lists
> maven-shared-utils. Is it needed? If so please add it to the propagated
> inputs, otherwise fix the pom file (with a patch to upstream I guess).
>
>> +    (home-page
>> "https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-invoker/index.html";)
>> +    (synopsis "Invoke Maven programmatically")
>
>> Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: "Artyom V. Poptsov"
>> <poptsov.artyom@gmail.com> +Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 23:53:13 +0300
>> +Subject: [PATCH 1/2] MavenCommandLineBuilder: Fix exception handling
>> +
>> +*
>> src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilder.java
>> +  (setGoals): Catch 'Exception' instead of 'CommandLineException' as
>> +  'CommandLineException' is never thrown in the "try" block.
>> +---
>> + .../apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilder.java    | 2
>> +-
>> + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> +
>> +diff --git
>
> This looks like a simple patch, but I don't understand why it's needed.
> Is this a fix from upstream? Did you create it? For what reason?
>
>> @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +From 4bce3183b25c44ab406c2f4d8541a0a520b15a3d Mon
>> Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: "Artyom V. Poptsov"
>> <poptsov.artyom@gmail.com> +Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 07:09:29 +0300
>> +Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test: Rename some classes to avoid name
>> conflicts +
>> +*
>
> I'm lost. What's happening in this patch? Why do you need it
> (especially since you couldn't run the tests anyway)? Is this a problem
> with upstream, or some issue you encountered because of what Guix is
> doing?