`utils/install4j/` | files used by the packaging tool, install4j
`build.gradle` | the build file used by gradle
`gradle.properties` | configurable properties for the build process
+ `RELEASE` | propertyfile configuring JALVIEW_VERSION (from jalview.version) and the release branch (from jalview.release). An alternative file can be specified via JALVIEW_RELEASE_FILE property
Note that you need a Java 11 JDK to compile Jalview whether your target build is Java 1.8 or Java 11.
Note that bamboo_planKey should be set by the build plan with `-Pbamboo_planKey=${bamboo.planKey}`
- application subdir as `alt`
- Getdown launcher cannot use a `file://` scheme appbase.
-* `DEVELOP`: This is for creating a `develop` appbase channel on the main web server. This won't become live until the actual getdown artefact is synced to the web server.
+* `DEVELOP`: This is for creating a `develop` appbase channel on the main web server. This won't become live until the actual getdown artefact is synced to the web server.
It will set
- `appbase` as `http://www.jalview.org/getdown/develop/JAVA_VERSION`
- application subdir as `alt`
gradle getdown -PCHANNEL=SCRATCH-my_test_version
```
+#### JALVIEW_VERSION and the RELEASE file
+Any Jalview build will include the value of JALVIEW_VERSION in various places, including the 'About' and Jalview Desktop window title, and in filenames for the stand-alone executable jar. You can specify a custom version for a build via the JALVIEW_VERSION property, but for most situations, JALVIEW_VERSION will be automatically configured according to the value of the CHANNEL property, using the `jalview.version` property specified in the RELEASE file:
+ - `CHANNEL=RELEASE` will set version to jalview.version
+ - `CHANNEL=TEST or DEVELOP` will append '-test' or '-develop' to jalview.version
+
+It is also possible to specify a custom location for the RELEASE file via an optional JALVIEW_RELEASE_FILE property.
+
#### `install4jMediaTypes`
If you are building *install4j* installers (requires *install4j* to be installed) then this property specifies a comma-separated
list of media types (i.e. platform specific installers) *install4j* should actually build.