On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 08:59:30AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Adam Heath] > > I agree. A java policy should talk about how java packages should > > interact once installed. But stay the hell away from how they are > > built. > > I disagree. It should give recommodations on how they should be > built, to make it easier for the java developers to maintain the java > packages. Consistency reduce the work maintaining packages, and using > a common system for building java packages make it easier to improve > all java build systems by doing a modification only once, in the build > system. > > But it should probably not be a requirement, to avoid endless flame > wars with maintainers who fail to see the gain of standardizing the > build system for java packages.
FULL ACK. Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
