427774 - Enable fetching of Rhino as a Maven

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task)

Description

[Norris Boyd]

Rhino is an implementation of JavaScript in Java. Our deliverable is a Java library that developers embed in their programs. In the Java world, Maven (http://maven.apache.org/) has become very popular for Java developers to build their projects as it also supports seamless download of external dependencies. 

It's possible to do a manual upload of each Rhino release, but it takes a while and is a bit of a burden on the Maven developers. They instead recommend projects provide their own repositories that then can be automatically synced with the central repository, see http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-central-repository-upload.html, see "Sync'ing your own repository to the central repository automatically". 

I'd like to set this up for Rhino. This would require enabling rsync over ssh for a mozilla server, with the public key for Maven at http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/id_dsa.pub. Is this something mozilla could support?

Comment 1

[matthew zeier [:mrz]]

I think you're talking about cn-rhino01.nl.mozilla.com ?  

Mozilla IT doesn't manage that box - it's a resource donated by Mozilla's community giving program.  We don't even maintain root logins.  

You're free to setup anything you want on that VM.

(If I totally missed the point, reopen.)

Comment 2

[Norris Boyd]

Sounds great. Do those VMs support ssh so I can configure what I need on them?  I did a quick Google search but didn't see any directions. I tried ssh'ing into the given host, but got the error

ssh: Could not resolve hostname cn-rhino01.nl.mozilla.com: no address associated
 with name

I have a mozilla cert that I use for CVS commits and for ssh'ing into stage.mozilla.org, if that helps.

Comment 3

[matthew zeier [:mrz]]

Sorry, mozilla.org not .COM.  

The original VM request was in bug 389887.  As I mentioned, we (Mozilla IT) don't maintain that host.  You should check with Attila.