Unable to build mule 3.5.0 source code - mule

Question

I am attempting to build the Mule ESB 3.5.0 Community Runtime found at https://github.com/mulesoft/mule/releases/tag/mule-3.5.0
If I build using maven and skip the tests everything is fine.
However if I leave the tests enabled a few fail and the rest are skipped.
I have tried building each maven module individually in the order they are listed in the parent POM using the setups listed below:
Please could someone advise to any additional steps or environment setup required in order to successfully build the source?
Setup #1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop (64bit)
java-7-oracle JDK (64bit)
Maven 3.0.5
The results are as follows:
buildtools - ALL TESTS PASS
core - ALL TESTS PASS
distributions - ALL TESTS PASS
examples - ALL TESTS PASS
modules - failed on Management Extensions:
testDefaultJmxAgent(org.mule.management.JmxAgentEmptyConfigurationTestCase)
testDefaultJmxAgent(org.mule.management.JmxAgentDefaultConfigurationWithRMITestCase)
patterns - ALL TESTS PASS
tools - ALL TESTS PASS
transports - failed on HTTP Transport:
createHttpServerConnectionWithHttpConnectorProperties(org.mule.transport.http.HttpServerConnectionTestCase)
tests -failed on Integration Tests:
testOutboundInMiddleOfFlow(org.mule.test.construct.FlowOutboundInMiddleOfFlowTestCase)
validatesDbConnectorGenericMySqlOverriddenTemplateResolution(org.mule.spring.config.NewDatabaseMuleArtifactTestCase)
verifiesDerby(org.mule.spring.config.DatabaseMuleArtifactTestCase)
Setup #2
Windows 7 Pro (64bit)
Oracle Jave JDK 1.6.0_31 (64bit)
Maven 3.2.1
The results are as follows:
buildtools - ALL TESTS PASS
core - Failed
testFullStackTraceWithoutMessage(org.mule.util.ExceptionUtilsTestCase)
dateTimeIsAfter[0](org.mule.el.context.ServerContextTestCase)
testIsSupportedJdkVersion(org.mule.util.JdkVersionUtilsTestCase)
testRecommendedJdkVersion(org.mule.util.JdkVersionUtilsTestCase)
testValidateJdk5(org.mule.util.JdkVersionUtilsTestCase)
Setup #3
Windows 7 Pro (64bit)
Oracle Jave JDK 1.7.0_51 (64bit)
Maven 3.2.1
The results are as follows:
buildtools - ALL TESTS PASS
core - Failed
testFullStackTraceWithoutMessage(org.mule.util.ExceptionUtilsTestCase)
dateTimeIsAfter[0](org.mule.el.context.ServerContextTestCase)
testIsSupportedJdkVersion(org.mule.util.JdkVersionUtilsTestCase)
testRecommendedJdkVersion(org.mule.util.JdkVersionUtilsTestCase)
testValidateJdk5(org.mule.util.JdkVersionUtilsTestCase)
Regards
Kumaran

Answer 1

Mule 3.5 has to be compiled against Java6.
Theoretically it can be compiled on windows but I would rather try with Linux/Mac.
Make sure you allocate enough ram export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx4000m"
Read carefully the BUILD instructions.