+1 to think about using Maven and then replace the Ant parts with AntRun ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Chief Architect Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Director, Information Retrieval and Data Science Group (IRDS) Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA WWW: http://irds.usc.edu/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Post <p...@cs.jhu.edu> Reply-To: "dev@joshua.incubator.apache.org" <dev@joshua.incubator.apache.org> Date: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 8:06 AM To: "dev@joshua.incubator.apache.org" <dev@joshua.incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: which build tool >Joshua has a few external tools: > >The following are used by the decoder: >- BerkeleyLM (Java) >- KenLM (C++) > >The following are used only when building models: >- Thrax: grammar extractor used for building phrase tables / translation >models >- Hadoop: used by Thrax >- GIZA++: used for aligning parallel text >- symal: used by GIZA++ (words → integers) > >I added these at one point to make it easier to use Joshua, but I think >that it would actually be good to remove GIZA++, symal, and Hadoop, and >require the user to set them up. This could be part of a general push to >make Joshua more end-user friendly, i.e., the expectation of things being >easy only exists for users (who are likely use language packs). > >I don't know Maven that well, but if that's a better tool and it seems >stable, I would not be opposed to switching to it. > >matt > > >> On Mar 14, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Tom Barber <tom.bar...@meteorite.bi> >>wrote: >> >> I know some projects that do the same, continue to shift some of the >> compilation to ant within maven, that way you generally get better >>tooling >> and CI support and the more complex stuff is still done in Ant. Might >>be an >> avenue worth pursuing in the not too distant future. >> >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Lewis John Mcgibbney < >> lewis.mcgibb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Joshua builds with Ant. Justification for this right now is well >>>versed, >>> there are a number of more complex steps e.g. Compiling c++ GIZA code >>>and >>> also the thrax codebase also needs to be install IIRC. >>> I took a look at porting the build to Maven literally 2 or 3 weeks ago >>>but >>> right now it seems like a bit of investment in time. >>> If anyone fancies doing this however, last time I spoke to Matt he was >>>game >>> for porting the build to Maven. >>> >>> >>> On Monday, March 14, 2016, Tommaso Teofili <tommaso.teof...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I also prefer Maven but I'm not against Ant if that proves to be >>>>working >>>> already (let's keep it as simple as possible for the start), for sure >>>>I >>>> would like to avoid having both as that is a pain to maintain (seen >>> already >>>> how annoying it is in Apache Lucene/Solr). >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Tommaso >>>> >>>> Il giorno lun 14 mar 2016 alle ore 14:23 Tom Barber < >>>> t...@analytical-labs.com <javascript:;>> >>>> ha scritto: >>>> >>>>> Oh please let it be maven! :) >>>>> >>>>> -------------- >>>>> >>>>> Director Meteorite.bi - Saiku Analytics Founder >>>>> Tel: +44(0)5603641316 >>>>> >>>>> (Thanks to the Saiku community we reached our Kickstart >>>>> < >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>http://kickstarter.com/projects/2117053714/saiku-reporting-interactive-r >>>eport-designer/ >>>>>> >>>>> goal, but you can always help by sponsoring the project >>>>> <http://www.meteorite.bi/products/saiku/sponsorship>) >>>>> >>>>> On 14 March 2016 at 12:19, Tommaso Teofili <tommaso.teof...@gmail.com >>>> <javascript:;>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am having a look at the Joshua build and was wondering which tool >>> we >>>>> want >>>>>> to support: Ant or Maven? >>>>>> AFAICS from the README we should be using Ant for compiling, however >>> I >>>>> also >>>>>> see a pom.xml and hence I'm a bit confused (BTW the Maven build >>>>>>fails >>>>> with >>>>>> compilation errors for me). >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Tommaso >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Lewis* >>> >
