We don't require a shell script now. The .bat and .sh files are optional. You're perfectly welcome to install Ant separately (like you will have to with Maven) and just call ant from within the /build directory.
Clinton On 2/14/07, Nathan Maves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+1 and my vote counts! Speaking from personal experience I have wanted to move to a new build tool for a while. While most of you will pay though the nose for the latest M$ Vista, I run on unix machine. The use of shell scripts for build purposes is not a good xplatform solution. Just from a quick glance Maven seems to make somewhat time consuming tasks in Ant easy. Lets do this. Nathan On 2/14/07, Brandon Goodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The broader purpose of this is not just to see if we can get jars into maven but rather to see if maven can simplify our build/release process. If you have a one liner then that is great. I'd love to see it. > > Brandon > > > > On 2/14/07, Slava Imeshev < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I seriously doubt that this would require switching to Maven > > build. > > > > I cannot speak for a global catalog, but adding an item built > > with Ant to a local Maven repository is a one-liner. > > > > Regards, > > > > Slava Imeshev > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: < [email protected]>; < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:09 AM > > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Support for Maven (impacts Java version only) > > > > > > > Yes - I should have asked that question with more subtlety. I guess the > > > bottom line is that it is *possible* to get the jars to the repository > > > without doing a maven build, but doing a maven build makes it much easier to > > > publish to the repository. And our history shows that we are unlikely to > > > get the jars to the repository with the build process we are using now. > > > Right? > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/14/07, Larry Meadors < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > IMO, that is like "Can we clean a toilet with a toothbrush?" > > > > > > > > Yes, we can, but who wants to offer up their toothbrush? Not me! :-) > > > > > > > > The question to me is: > > > > > > > > "Can we get the iBATIS jars to the maven repository without doing a > > > > maven build, and is it the right way to do it?" > > > > > > > > Yes we can, but no it's not. > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/14/07, Brandon Goodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > "Can we get the iBATIS jars to the maven repository without doing a > > > > maven > > > > > build?" > > > > > > > > > > Yes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/14/07, Jeff Butler < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > In my own little perfect world, I'm -1. The iBATIS ant build is so > > > > simple > > > > > now - I hate to see it mucked up just to supply the Maven meta-bs as > > > > Clinton > > > > > so eloquently put it. > > > > > > > > > > > > However, I would like to see the iBATIS jars in the Maven repository - > > > > if > > > > > for no other reason than to help those who can't figure out how to set a > > > > > classpath without a tool. If a maven build makes that possible then I > > > > guess > > > > > I'd be +2, but reluctantly. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think that supporting both Ant and Maven is problematical - seems > > > > like > > > > > we should just pick one for simplicity going forward. > > > > > > > > > > > > So I guess I can't give a single vote. Can someone definitively > > > > answer > > > > > this question: Can we get the iBATIS jars to the maven repository > > > > without > > > > > doing a maven build? That's the key point for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jeff Butler > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/14/07, Clinton Begin < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It strikes me that there was enough discussion around the Maven > > > > build > > > > > > > to warrant an official vote for Maven support. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +2 => Replace our Ant build entirely with a Maven build. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 => Support Maven by including a Maven build alongside our Ant > > > > build. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 0 => Don't care or I don't know enough about Maven to decide. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -1 => Do not support maven. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > Clinton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
