Commons Logging uses Maven 2.0.x as its primary build system. Ant can also be used.

To build the full website, run

The result will be in the target/site folder. You must be online and using JDK 1.4 or higher to successfully complete this target.

To build the jar files, run

The resulting 4 jar files will be in the target folder. You must use JDK 1.4 or higher to successfully complete this target.

To create a full distribution, run

The resulting .zip and .tar.gz files will be in the target folder. You must use JDK 1.4 or higher to successfully complete this target.

Further details can be found in the commons build instructions.

We still use Ant to test the artifacts built my Maven. Please follow the instructions in the file build-testing.xml.

Note: A 1.2 JDK is needed to run the tests.