As an alternate solution to the Ant/Maven discussion, here's a different approach to attracting new developers...
The complex "Get involved" guide https://freenetproject.org/developer.html which currently says how to Git clone / obtain libraries / compile, shall be replaced by those 3 steps: > How to contribute to Freenet: > > 1. Install Freenet: By running Freenet, you can donate part of your > diskspace and bandwidth to the community. > > 2. Chose a subproject you like and want to contribute to: > https://wiki.freenetproject.org/Projects > > 3. Join the developers' chat on IRC at [link to webchat]. Tell us that > you'd like to contribute to your project of choice: We will help you > with obtaining the source code of your favorite project; and tell you where > you can find its TODO list. This avoids the problem of build systems entirely by offering newbies to help them personally with compiling. Thats a good idea anyway since we'll never be able to make *ALL* sub-projects use the same build system. Further, it is more focused on what a new developer is probably interested in: *What* to work on, not *how* the work will look specifically in terms of command line tools. The sub-project list https://wiki.freenetproject.org/Projects should provide an up-to-date overview since I spent quite a few hours on completing it just the last week. I'll also make sure to keep maintaining it, as I think having a full list of all software built on top of Freenet is absolutely mandatory for being able to finally get everything bundled-by-default. Credit for discovering that the current "Get involved" guide is too complex goes to Steve! Thanks! :)
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