> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Lenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 18 December 2002 16:54 > To: Cactus Developers List > Subject: Re: cvs commit: jakarta-cactus/documentation > build.properties.sample build.xml > > Vincent Massol wrote: > [snip] > > Yes. I believe there are only 2 solutions: > > 1/ a Maven like build (jars get downloaded automatically and put in your > > local repository) > > 2/ checking in the libs in Cactus CVS. > > > > I would prefer 1/ > > Well, I don't like 2/ either. But also, I'm not sure about moving to > Maven... IMHO Maven still has to evolve quite a bit until it can be > really relied upon (but I know you're following the Maven project much > more closely than I have been).
Agreed, which is why I haven't started yet the migration... :-) > > However, that's a separate topic I think. What I would like to achieve > for the Cactus build is that it isn't required to install JARs in > $ANT_HOME/lib, or only as few JARs as possible. That is possible using > pure Ant, I've been doing it for all of my recent projects. > > I'll probably just check in some related changes in the next couple of > days, so you can check it out (literally and otherwise ;-) ). If you > don't like it, we'll revert :-) oh, I've probably not been clear in my email. I'm absolutely not against doing this. I was just asking why as I wasn't sure about the benefits. But you've answered and that's ok with me, especially as Nick likes it too! I really want the simplest possible build system :-). Please go ahead! Thanks Chris, -Vincent > > -- > Christopher Lenz > /=/ cmlenz at gmx.de > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:cactus-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:cactus-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
