The purpose of the breakup was simply to allow certain components to be used separately. That aim has been achieved; there are now 13 subprojects with *no* dependencies, and 4 or so more with deps on just Framework/LogKit.
Most current users (like Cocoon) probably don't care about all this, and can continue to use the standard avalon-excalibur.jar that is built by typing 'ant' in the root. So we have now offer flexibility (hordes of little jars) and convenience (one big jar). I agree that it's a PITA keeping track of dependencies between lots of little jars. I think we need a way of sucking in all deps for one project into one big jar. So if you want, say, datasource, you can have a jar containing datasource, pool, collections and instrument. Suggestions for how to do this are welcome. --Jeff On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 10:12:01AM +0200, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > Though technically excellent, the dependency checking system is not > something I particularly like. > When I see such dependency, I usually question if the separation in packages > was done well afterall. > > IMH(and very personal)O, a jar package from a software module must not have > complex dependencies with another jar package from the same module. > Dependencies should be usually inter-module, not intra-module. > > This keeps things cleaner and more manageable. > What's the use of having different dirs, when you still have to build the > code "together"? > It's like recreating by hand something that javac does automatically. > > In the spirit of KISS, what I would like to see is a more clear > stratification of excalibur packages: groups of packages are build one on > top of the other. So there would be > > excalibur-foundation (basic _excalibur_ framework) > excalibur-dungeons (excalibur utils) > excalibur-castle (excalibur proper) > excalibur-tower (excalibur avvanced features) > > Each group is compiled before the other, in a simple and clean manner. > > This doesn't mean that you should change the dirs again... it's just the > build. > Packages are assigned to a group and compile that way; there would be only 4 > jars, but with a dependency that is much easier to resolve for the excalibur > user. > > -- > Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - verba volant, scripta manent - > (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
