I think it was a problem statement for GSoC. On Nov 5, 2015 6:22 PM, "Niels Basjes" <ni...@basjes.nl> wrote:
> Hi, > > For me using the ant build system in pig is extremely difficult. > Today I spent about 2 hours trying simply compile and run a test in > piggybank (In case you wonder; it was this one > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-4689 ). > I have not been able to get it to work. In the end I created the test in a > separate (maven) project and after I got that working I copied everything > into the pig source tree and pulled the patch. > > Many other projects (like Avro where I'm one of the committers) using Maven > makes it trivial to import the project (and sub projects like piggybank) > into almost any IDE. I happen to use IntelliJ > > Has such a switch (from ant to maven, or anything else) been considered for > the Pig project before? > Do you guys also think it's a good idea to make such a switch? > > -- > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Niels Basjes >
