FYI, you can get a similar auto-downloading of dependencies with an Ant
script using the ant-dependencies task:
http://www.httpunit.org/doc/dependencies.html
For a working example, see the build script for Java Web Parts:
http://javawebparts.sourceforge.net
This actually downloads from the Maven repo, for a bit of irony :)
I personally wouldn't mind seeing a minimal Ant script maintained
either, but frankly, Maven is easy enough to install and work with that
I don't really see it being a big hassle for anyone, so I'm essentially
with Eric. Perhaps just adding one minimal goal that someone could use
in place of an Ant script would do? (I'm not too familiar with Maven,
I'm guessing this might already be present? Just a matter of telling
people how to do it).
Frank
Eric Molitor wrote:
It realy comes down to managing the dependencies. I could forsee
someone building an ant build that ran against the compiled code and
dependencies. (Similar to Atlassians build system with JIRA.) However
I personally dont think its appropriate to be part of the project. (At
least not as a source level)
As someone whom fought to keep ant (and even managed to supply a few
patches to fix the unit tests and the build at the begining of SAF2)
my feeling is that managing ant, ivy, and maven just isn't worth the
effort. Any developer whom needs to patch the source is going to be
able to handle maven.
Just my .02.
Cheers,
Eric
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Don Brown proposed:
> I'd like to remove the Ant build from Struts 2. I don't think it has
> worked for a little while and the new Maven 2 layout
> discourages it for
> any complex builds. Unless someone seriously wants to put the effort
> into keeping it up, I think it should be removed.
From the peanut gallery, I would like to see a minimal Ant build kept so
that users would be able to download the Struts 2 source, patch it for
their needs, and build a working jar file. I think that Ant is much
more commonly used than Maven 2, that it's valuable for users to be able
to try small changes to suit their needs, and that requiring Maven 2
significantly raises the work required to do so.
Perhaps I am wrong, and either maintaining such a minimal Ant build is
prohibitively expensive or installing and learning Maven 2 is trivially
easy.
- George
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