Stick to version 2.0 of Maven Release Plugin

As reflected on bugs MRELEASE-694 (related to MRELEASE-689 and MRELEASE-691), there are some problems generating the release version numbers (like maintaining SNAPSHOT). This may bite without notice if use non-interactive mode. These bugs are still open as of version 2.2.1.

It's a nice coincidence that because of another bug, the Maven Eclipse Plugin warns you if you use a Maven Release Plugin version other than 2.0 :)

Revisiting Lucis

The lucis project is a key component of an increasing number of web sites. However, it is starting to show its age. Rushed into production in the summer of 2008 it included some "incorrect" decisions that were to be mended in its successor project, which was also going to include all the important updates. So lucis algo received small evolutions.

However, as the first release of conquiris is delayed again and again, and the number fo projects using lucis increases far more than expected, it is clear that a new impulse was needed.

So today, I've released version 0.0.31 (which should be in Maven Central in a few hours). The only (but fundamental) change is the upgrade from Lucene 2.4.1 to 3.1.0. As the new Lucene version already breaks backwards compatibility, I've gone the whole way and removed use of (now) deprecated parts of Lucene. So this version of lucis is totally incompatible with the previous stable one (0.0.29).

I hope to post about the changes real soon now.

As I said, the "only" change is the Lucene version, so this release won't be integrated in Port@l and GeNews until more improvements are added.

New Look

Three years after the First Post, I've decided to give this blog a new look, maybe as a first step in posting more often.

So, I've turned to the Blogger Template Designer, chosen a clear and simple one, removed most ads, and converted code snippets to Gist.GitHub.

I hope you like it.

Great presentation for entrepeneurs

From Zero to a Million Users - Dropbox and Xobni lessons learned

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Gist.GitHub Gadget

Some months ago I wanted to embed some code snippets stored in Gist.GitHub in some Google Sites-based documentation, just to find that you cannot use the script tag directly. So, I decided to wrap the embedding code in a Google Gadget. You can find it here.

Port@l 3.0 en la LSWC

Sé que voy con un poco de retraso, pero más vale tarde que nunca. Sólo comentar que el pasado 27 de octubre participé en mesa redonda "Soluciones Web Avanzadas" dentro de la Libre Software World Conference, con una breve presentación sobre Port@l 3.0. Podéis encontrar la presentación aquí embebida y en el siguiente enlace.

Port@l 3.0 en la LSWC

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Permgen problems and Running Eclipse on Java 1.6 update 21

See this post. Reposted here for future reference.