Ah yes, I found it. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2599
Quite old. Apparently no one has picked this up yet. :( On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Santosh Pingale <pingalesant...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > -- Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, Niels Basjes
