Quote from: PRab on March 19, 2013, 03:18:40 AM

What versions of Java, Maven, and protoc are required?

I just tried building ("mvn package" - Windows 7 64bit) from git and it failed. I can't see the exact message because the mvn window closes automatically. It appears to make the \api\target directory, but there are just a couple of subdirectories (no actual files). In addition, it modifies \api\src\main\java\com\bitsofproof\supernode\api\BCSAPIMessage.java by quite a bit.

Any suggestions?

Recent versions of java and protobuf, that is Java 6 or 7, protobuf 2.x are needed.
The protobuf compiler generates BCSAPIMessage.java.

I am sure you find better sources with google on how to install java, protobuf or use maven on windows than my answers, since I avoid using windows whenever I can.

Quote from: Rogue Star on March 19, 2013, 04:40:30 AM

@grau I have some experience as a build manager and going to say "bad grau, bad", repeat after me "i must not include implicit external dependencies in maven builds". In maven you must be explicit in your pom files in such situations. That is the price you pay when including such dependencies, whether you use maven or something else.

You see the errors because the protobuf compiler is not installed or not in path.
Let me know if protobuf compiler dependency and execution can be formulated more elegantly and I will amend.

The build works as documented on https://github.com/bitsofproof/supernode/wiki/Build. Basically a one liner.

I am confident that this is the case, since the build is executed on a fresh git clone with every commit using random machines supported by the travis-ci project. Also all unit test are running through there. See recent (and historic) build and test outputs here: https://travis-ci.org/bitsofproof/supernode. The travis configuration is also trivial, just asking for default protobuf installation, see here: https://github.com/bitsofproof/supernode/blob/master/.travis.yml