> gwt-dev-windows.jar is available inside a zip in gwt-windows.zip
> instead of as an artifact. It cause extra effort in getting the zip
> first and extracting it and than I've to install in my local
> repository so that I can access it in my Pom.

> I have been out of touch of this project for a while, sorry.  First
> off I want to say mucho gracias to those that have been supporting and
> building gwt-maven here - Bill Pugh, Thomas Recloux, Brill, others.

> With that out of the way I have to ask about the current repo too.  It
> is a bit confusing as it stands.  I do not think gwt-dev-mac should be
> there at all - and that is probably why gwt-dev-windows is not there
> also (the question vikas asks).  It looks like Cooper (kebernet) added
> gwt-dev-mac to "test something":
> http://groups.google.com/group/gwt-maven-svn/browse_thread/thread/b94...

> We need to get rid of that though, because it's confusing.  Right?

> Also it looks like Will added zips for all the platforms:
> http://groups.google.com/group/gwt-maven-svn/browse_thread/thread/d3e...
> But they are not the specific -dev and -user and -servlet and so on
> jars that we used to have, instead they are the whole thing in one
> shot. Are you guys using those zip files as deps in your POMs, so that
> you get all of GWT, including the native stuff, from the repo? If so,
> should we clean up the rest of the duplicate mavenrepo stuff and
> change the docs to reflect that?

> I am still using Maven 1 for most of my projects (long story, but I
> have other plugins that are still M1, and it works for me).  I see
> that the com.google.gwt m1 style directory in the repo still has the -
> servlet/-user style jars only and does not have the new full zips.
> Back in the day when I created the repo I had purposely put only the
> user and servlet stuff, because the dev was not open source at the
> time (and because there were issues with the native stuff - maybe
> including the whole thing as a zip solves that though?).  If we are
> using the full zips and such in m2, and we clean it up, we probably
> should update the m1 part of the repo as well (we should keep these in
> sync).

> Thoughts, corrections, explanations?

> On May 25, 4:38 am, "vikas.n.sha...@gmail.com"
> <vikas.n.sha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why gwt-dev-windows.jar is not in Repository server like gwt-dev-mac?

> > gwt-dev-windows.jar is available inside a zip in gwt-windows.zip
> > instead of as an artifact. It cause extra effort in getting the zip
> > first and extracting it and than I've to install in my local
> > repository so that I can access it in my Pom.

>     <goal>setup</goal>
>     <goal>extractGwt</goal>

> Behind the scenes it will grab setup new dependencies in Maven for the
> zip files, and then setup new system dependencies for the appropriate
> jars + setup a gwthome varaible.

> I talked a bit about it in the bug:
>  http://code.google.com/p/gwt-maven/issues/detail?id=22&can=2&q=

> I'm in this exact situation right now because I'm trying to revive the
> GWTJSF code --http://unrealities.com/seamgwt-- which has been moved
> into Maven.  I've got it building under Maven, but the surefire target
> is failing because 1) NoClassDefFoundError for GWTShell, and 2) the
> project has never heard of gwt-maven :-)

> I'll try this out.  Has this gotten any further?  Anyone gotten any
> GWTShell tests to work properly with this?

> Cheers!
> Rob

> On Jun 8, 11:34 am, "Will Pugh" <willp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I can answer for the zip file dependencies.  They are for a feature
> > I'm working on for the maven 2 plugin.
> >...
> > I added some tasks in gwt-maven for maven2, so that it could download
> > the jar, unzip it and then fixup the urls.  Thus, on the main line, if
> > you have the tasks

> >     <goal>setup</goal>
> >     <goal>extractGwt</goal>

> > Behind the scenes it will grab setup new dependencies in Maven for the
> > zip files, and then setup new system dependencies for the appropriate
> > jars + setup a gwthome varaible.

> > I talked a bit about it in the bug:
> >  http://code.google.com/p/gwt-maven/issues/detail?id=22&can=2&q=

> Hmm, my reading of http://www.manning-sandbox.com/thread.jspa?threadID=18674&tstart=0
> is that it's actually not possible to get GWTShell to run under Maven
> 2 at all yet, at least not without patching GWT.  Looks like I'll back
> off on this for a while longer.

> (Charlie, it sounds like we actually met, or at least saw, each other
> at the GWT hack session!  I demoed the Seam / GWT / JSF stuff.)

> Cheers!
> Rob

> On Jun 19, 12:04 am, Rob Jellinghaus <rjellingh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Will, this is definitely helpful.  It seems like this also
> > dovetails with the earlier (somewhat defunct) thread about how to get
> > GWTShell test cases running under Maven.

> > I'm in this exact situation right now because I'm trying to revive the
> > GWTJSF code --http://unrealities.com/seamgwt-- which has been moved
> > into Maven.  I've got it building under Maven, but the surefire target
> > is failing because 1) NoClassDefFoundError for GWTShell, and 2) the
> > project has never heard of gwt-maven :-)

> > I'll try this out.  Has this gotten any further?  Anyone gotten any
> > GWTShell tests to work properly with this?

> > Cheers!
> > Rob

> > On Jun 8, 11:34 am, "Will Pugh" <willp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > I can answer for the zip file dependencies.  They are for a feature
> > > I'm working on for the maven 2 plugin.
> > >...
> > > I added some tasks in gwt-maven for maven2, so that it could download
> > > the jar, unzip it and then fixup the urls.  Thus, on the main line, if
> > > you have the tasks

> > >     <goal>setup</goal>
> > >     <goal>extractGwt</goal>

> > > Behind the scenes it will grab setup new dependencies in Maven for the
> > > zip files, and then setup new system dependencies for the appropriate
> > > jars + setup a gwthome varaible.

> > > I talked a bit about it in the bug:
> > >  http://code.google.com/p/gwt-maven/issues/detail?id=22&can=2&q=

> On the most recent build, if you add the the
>     <goal>testGwt</goal>

> It will set-up the class path, and shell out the tests bypassing
> SureFire.  This is not a complete solution, and one I would like to
> get rid of when we get some fixes that will allow us to run from
> SureFire again.

> This goal will look for classes beginning with GwtTest* and will pipe
> the results to target/gwtTest

> If you have any problems, send them off to me.  Like I mentioned
> earlier.  This is mainly a temporary solution, because I feel naked
> without unit tests.

>     --Will

> On 6/19/07, Rob Jellinghaus <rjellingh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hmm, my reading ofhttp://www.manning-sandbox.com/thread.jspa?threadID=18674&tstart=0
> > is that it's actually not possible to get GWTShell to run under Maven
> > 2 at all yet, at least not without patching GWT.  Looks like I'll back
> > off on this for a while longer.

> > (Charlie, it sounds like we actually met, or at least saw, each other
> > at the GWT hack session!  I demoed the Seam / GWT / JSF stuff.)

> > Cheers!
> > Rob

> > On Jun 19, 12:04 am, Rob Jellinghaus <rjellingh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks Will, this is definitely helpful.  It seems like this also
> > > dovetails with the earlier (somewhat defunct) thread about how to get
> > > GWTShell test cases running under Maven.

> > > I'm in this exact situation right now because I'm trying to revive the
> > > GWTJSF code --http://unrealities.com/seamgwt--which has been moved
> > > into Maven.  I've got it building under Maven, but the surefire target
> > > is failing because 1) NoClassDefFoundError for GWTShell, and 2) the
> > > project has never heard of gwt-maven :-)

> > > I'll try this out.  Has this gotten any further?  Anyone gotten any
> > > GWTShell tests to work properly with this?

> > > Cheers!
> > > Rob

> > > On Jun 8, 11:34 am, "Will Pugh" <willp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > I can answer for the zip file dependencies.  They are for a feature
> > > > I'm working on for the maven 2 plugin.
> > > >...
> > > > I added some tasks in gwt-maven for maven2, so that it could download
> > > > the jar, unzip it and then fixup the urls.  Thus, on the main line, if
> > > > you have the tasks

> > > >     <goal>setup</goal>
> > > >     <goal>extractGwt</goal>

> > > > Behind the scenes it will grab setup new dependencies in Maven for the
> > > > zip files, and then setup new system dependencies for the appropriate
> > > > jars + setup a gwthome varaible.

> > > > I talked a bit about it in the bug:
> > > >  http://code.google.com/p/gwt-maven/issues/detail?id=22&can=2&q=

> On the most recent build, if you add the the
>     <goal>testGwt</goal>

> It will set-up the class path, and shell out the tests bypassing
> SureFire.  This is not a complete solution, and one I would like to
> get rid of when we get some fixes that will allow us to run from
> SureFire again.

> This goal will look for classes beginning with GwtTest* and will pipe
> the results to target/gwtTest

> If you have any problems, send them off to me.  Like I mentioned
> earlier.  This is mainly a temporary solution, because I feel naked
> without unit tests.

>     --Will

> On 6/19/07, Rob Jellinghaus <rjellingh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Hmm, my reading ofhttp://www.manning-sandbox.com/thread.jspa?threadID=18674&tstart=0
> > is that it's actually not possible to get GWTShell to run under Maven
> > 2 at all yet, at least not without patching GWT.  Looks like I'll back
> > off on this for a while longer.

> > (Charlie, it sounds like we actually met, or at least saw, each other
> > at the GWT hack session!  I demoed the Seam / GWT / JSF stuff.)

> > Cheers!
> > Rob

> > On Jun 19, 12:04 am, Rob Jellinghaus <rjellingh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks Will, this is definitely helpful.  It seems like this also
> > > dovetails with the earlier (somewhat defunct) thread about how to get
> > > GWTShell test cases running under Maven.

> > > I'm in this exact situation right now because I'm trying to revive the
> > > GWTJSF code --http://unrealities.com/seamgwt--which has been moved
> > > into Maven.  I've got it building under Maven, but the surefire target
> > > is failing because 1) NoClassDefFoundError for GWTShell, and 2) the
> > > project has never heard of gwt-maven :-)

> > > I'll try this out.  Has this gotten any further?  Anyone gotten any
> > > GWTShell tests to work properly with this?

> > > Cheers!
> > > Rob

> > > On Jun 8, 11:34 am, "Will Pugh" <willp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > I can answer for the zip file dependencies.  They are for a feature
> > > > I'm working on for the maven 2 plugin.
> > > >...
> > > > I added some tasks in gwt-maven for maven2, so that it could download
> > > > the jar, unzip it and then fixup the urls.  Thus, on the main line, if
> > > > you have the tasks

> > > >     <goal>setup</goal>
> > > >     <goal>extractGwt</goal>

> > > > Behind the scenes it will grab setup new dependencies in Maven for the
> > > > zip files, and then setup new system dependencies for the appropriate
> > > > jars + setup a gwthome varaible.

> > > > I talked a bit about it in the bug:
> > > >  http://code.google.com/p/gwt-maven/issues/detail?id=22&can=2&q=