Purpose ------- This directory is for source code that you wish to compile into your JIRA distribution. For instance, it can be used to: - modify the Bugzilla or Mantis importer source: http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/jadm-docs-075/Importing+Data+from+Bugzilla http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/jadm-docs-075/Importing+Data+From+Mantis - customize/write a service to work with JIRA: http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/jadm-docs-075/Services - Create or edit a JIRA plugin: http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/jadm-docs-075/ People making substantial modifications should rather build JIRA from source (https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Building+JIRA+from+source). The plugin development kit (https://developer.atlassian.com/display/DOCS/Set+up+the+Atlassian+Plugin+SDK+and+Build+a+Project) should be preferred for serious plugin developers. Instructions ------------ - Download Apache Ant from http://ant.apache.org - Copy source into a src/ subdirectory - Copy resources into the etc/ subdirectory - Copy libraries into the lib/ directory - Run 'ant'. Files will be compiled and copied into the main webapp (../atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/classes/) To get JIRA to automatically reload these files, edit ../conf/server.xml, and set reloadable="true".