2009/3/26 Russel Winder <russel.win...@concertant.com> > Installing Luk's Cobertura plugin got me to thinking about jars and > dependencies. This may be a potentially obviously-answered question > but: > > If Gradle is so good at handling dependencies why can't is sort out its > own dependencies, why do I have to add all the transitive dependency > jars for Gradle execution into $GRADLE_HOME/lib?
I'd want to avoid going the maven way here, and not download everything automatically, the obvious advantage is you don't have to know what is going on, but on the other had when everything is downloading automatically are you still in control of your build? I prefer to know what is going on, but that is just me. I haven't used maven much but I the few times I have used it I find that it downloads a lot, and I always wondered if all the stuff that gets downloaded is actually needed? > > -- > Russel. > ============================================================ > Dr Russel Winder Partner > > Concertant LLP t: +44 20 7585 2200, +44 20 7193 9203 > 41 Buckmaster Road, f: +44 8700 516 084 voip: > sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net <sip%3arussel.win...@ekiga.net> > London SW11 1EN, UK. m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@russel.org.uk >
