Well, as much as I hate windows... and more so batch... I understand
your point.
I think the best way would be to use Ant for the bootstrap tasks.
--jason
On Aug 22, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Jeff Genender wrote:
Jacek Laskowski wrote:
On 8/22/06, Jason Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I meant to just use Ant... if we end up using antrun from the
bootstrap it will end up causing other antrun's to fail later on
since some of them need additional dependencies... which won't work.
Oh, didn't think about it. Are you really suggesting to use Ant
beside
Maven? It's getting too complicated to just get started. When do you
think bootstrap will go away? Is it worth to talk about it any more?
Jacek
I hope this is not taken negatively...as it is not meant that way...
I think it is worth talking about, especially when we think bootstrap
will go away. I respect Jason's disdain for Windows, but it also
is the
most used and most popular OS...which means it probably represents a
large base of our community. :)
IMHO, if we are to continue with the bootstrap, then I think it is
reasonable to support both *nix and Windows. No...I am not
volunteering
as I have other things on my plate, but I think if Mark D. wants to
take
on supporting the Windows side, I cannot find a negative in this.
What I
do not think is reasonable is forcing any user to have to install
Cygwin
(even though I love it) to build G on Windows. Cygwin is a fairly
large
install and I have been at companies where one is forbidden to have it
on corporate machines.
So, my point is, if the bootstrap is short lived, then disregard my
opinion ;-) But if it's gonna be with us for a while, lets allow the
Windows bat version if Mark is willing to support it...or find
something
(like ant?) that will make it work on our most popular OS systems.
Jeff
