[kepler-dev] [Bug 4316] New: - Check-in actor kars to svn

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4316

           Summary: Check-in actor kars to svn
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 1.x dev
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: build system
        AssignedTo: berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: aschultz at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at kepler-project.org


Currently modules have a /resources/kar directory containing a folder
corresponding to each kar.  This folder is checked in to SVN.  Then whenever we
start kepler we "Build Kars" and the /resources/kar/<karName> directory gets
turned into a kar file in the /kar directory.  Which Kepler then immediately
unpacks again and starts using.

We should remove the resources/kar directory from svn and check in the kar
files themselves.  Then create a build target that will unpack the kars to the
/resources/kar directory when desired (svn.ignore should be set on the
/resources/kar directory to make sure it does not get checked into svn).
Another target would create a new directory in /resources/kar with a skeleton
actor for people who want to create a new kar.  And another target would build
a kar file in the /kar directory from the files in a /resources/kar/<karName>
directory and roll the LSID revision each time the kar is built.

This enhancement will reduce checkout time and startup time and provide an
automated mechanism for updating KAR revisions.