attached a replacement for the sbt script provided, with inline comments for getting it to work. barely tested and trivial. not yet verified that this works without a preexisting maven install. will automate more at weekend.
will look into getting the blocking-on-page-load modification into sbt/lift somehow also given that it has its own continuous compile system. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:57 PM, David Pollak <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Alexander Kellett <lypa...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:26 PM, David Pollak >> <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > While we are a community that welcomes newbies and tries to work with as >> > many different people and with as many different styles as possible, >> > there >> > are things that we've collectively learned. We've found that Maven is >> > preferable for our style of development. If you want to use Ant, >> > there's >> > nothing stopping you and we'd welcome some Ant scripts for building >> > Lift, >> > but we're not going to stop what we're doing and write one for you just >> > because you demand that we do so. Please go back and write the Ant >> > scripts >> > yourself and contribute to the community rather than being rude to us >> > because we don't do things the way you want. That will demonstrate that >> > you >> > are willing to contribute in rather than demand and insult when your >> > demands >> > are not met. >> >> many people are scared by maven. myself included after my previous >> "fun" with getting lift working. >> >> is there a way to get a self contained "hello world" zip up on github >> if it is not already there? afaiu maven also allows for local caches, >> could that that be placed in the zip, or is it simply too big? >> >> i think that might scare people much less than pasting the very opaque >> four liner which asks questions i do not know the answer to :) > > I am all in favor of an Ant build script or an SBT-based build script. Both > would be great contributions. I do not have time for them, but anyone out > there who has skills with Ant and/or SBT, I'll buy you a beer or two if you > spend a couple of hours putting together examples. > > My rant is against the attitude that somehow the Lift community should > instantly change its priorities because one person has a different > perspective on things. We are not waiters in a restaurant. We are not > serving peoples whims. We are a collaborative community. Anybody who > treats the folks in this community as wait-staff fundamentally > misunderstands the ethos of the Lift community. > > The Lift community is a place that I like being because almost everybody is > willing to roll up their sleeves and help. Marius, Derek, Tyler, Charles, > Jorge, Tim, etc. roll up their sleeves and help all comers. Each of these > guys can be making more money and/or spending time with their friends and > family rather than helping newbies, but when they came to the community, > they were newbies and I helped them and they have perpetuated that spirit. > Newbies help us by asking questions, by learning Lift, by making > suggestions, by contributing code, and ultimately by helping other newbies. > We welcome different perspectives, but we do not welcome insulting > attitudes. > Had the conversation gone more along the lines of "any chance you'll change > your priorities to support Ant?" "Not for 1.1, but perhaps you can help." "I > can write Ant Scripts, but I need some guidance about the dependencies..." > The poster would have gotten what he wanted and the whole Lift community > would have benefited. > > So, yes, I am in favor of lots of different build options. Are committers, > we have limited time and will officially support Maven. If someone else > comes along and demonstrates Ant, SBT, etc. support and sticks with it for a > while, they might become the owner of that build system and a Lift > committer. > Thanks, > David > > >> >> Alex >> >> > > > > -- > Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net > Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 > Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp > Git some: http://github.com/dpp > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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