On 20/04/2015 3:19 PM, David E. Jones wrote:
Buildr is similar to Gradle, though Ruby-based where Gradle is Groovy-based and
so has more affinity with OFBiz. Continuum is a different sort of animal, a
continuous integration tool that can run a variety of build tools.
BTW, what is an expert, let alone a "real" expert? A little like the term "true
Scotsman" and the corresponding logical fallacy IMO...
I was always told that an expert was "a man with a briefcase 50 miles
from home".
Not sure how this translates into the modern virtual world taking into
account the role of women.
Ron
-David
On 20 Apr 2015, at 11:58, Pierre Smits <pierre.sm...@gmail.com> wrote:
Quoting: 'why change in the first place'. That is one of the most important
question, perhaps even 'the most important'.... And it seems, that one
isn't answered to the fullest.
I like: if it aint broken, don't try to fix it'. But also 'a square peg
doesn't fit in a round hole'. Is our current build mechanism broken? Is our
current mechanism a square peg?
But beyond that: have we fully explored the all/other paths? We currently
have following options: Ant+IVY, Groovy/Gradle, Maven. They are all 'build'
solutions (at least according to their sites, but the writers of any of
those pages could be disregarded as experts). But there are also Apache
Buildr and Continiuum, according to this site listing options:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_build_automation_software.
Should we explore inviting the real experts (those of all these tools) to
share their insights, so that we can base the decision on real information
than just conjecture/limited experiences?
And on another and related aspect: how much effort would the benefit of
each option require to have it fully operational for OFBiz? That should
help determination too.
Best regards,
Pierre Smits
*ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>*
Services & Solutions for Cloud-
Based Manufacturing, Professional
Services and Retail & Trade
http://www.orrtiz.com
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 7:00 PM, David E. Jones <d...@me.com> wrote:
That gets back to the question of why change in the first place... build
files may be smaller and easier to maintain, but there may not be a good
reason!
-David
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