RE: [PATCH] building too hard!

2001-03-08 Thread Tim Dawson
o do commits for large changes. Tim > -Original Message- > From: Pierre Delisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 5:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] building too hard!

Re: [PATCH] building too hard!

2001-03-07 Thread Pierre Delisle
Jeff Turner wrote: > How about using the preset CLASSPATH as a fallback, to be relied on only after > printing a dire warning? Eg, one could have the following system (taking Ant as > an example): > > if $ANT_JAR set && `$ANT_JAR` exists: > use it > elseif $ANT_HOME set && `$ANT_HOME/lib

RE: [PATCH] building too hard!

2001-03-07 Thread Tim Dawson
> For instance, jakarta-taglib's external dependencies are: > > 1) Ant > 2) JAXP > 3) JAXP-compliant parser (xerces) > 4) Xalan (for the

Re: [PATCH] building too hard!

2001-03-06 Thread Jeff Turner
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 03:00:26AM -0600, Tim Dawson wrote: > I agree 100% -- #3 is a GREAT approach. Relying on the classpath is quite > dangerous, and the defaults specified are probably very infrequently used. Well.. please don't get me wrong, I hate classpaths as much as the next battle-scar

RE: [PATCH] building too hard!

2001-03-06 Thread Tim Dawson
] Subject: Re: [PATCH] building too hard! Jeff, Totally agree with you regarding the complexity of the build process of jakarta-taglibs. Thanks for documenting what you went through to make the community aware of the current flaws. Here is my .02 on how I believe we could fix the issues you raised in a

Re: [PATCH] building too hard!

2001-02-27 Thread Pierre Delisle
Jeff, Totally agree with you regarding the complexity of the build process of jakarta-taglibs. Thanks for documenting what you went through to make the community aware of the current flaws. Here is my .02 on how I believe we could fix the issues you raised in a clean and consistent way. Commen