On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Kevin Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Chris Chabot <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Vincent Siveton > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> > >> Using Maven will be more platform independent, > >> > > > > > > Ps, any claims that 'get root access', 'install java', 'make java work', > > 'install maven', 'learn how to use maven commands' is more platform > > independent then /bin/sh, should probably re-evaluate his position and > hop > > on the *nix bandwagon as many generations before us have done :) > > I agree. Honestly, I don't even like using maven for java work, and > expecting PHP developers and users to understand maven is a bad idea. +1 > > > 'Platform independence' is a myth. Maven relies on java and as such it > is inherently stuck with java's own lack of platform independence. I > can run chris's script just fine on an old FreeBSD 4 system, and there > isn't a JVM new enough to run maven available for it. I have a shared > host (RHEL) that can run the same shell script but can't even install > java. Just because something happens to work on a handful of popular > operating systems does not make it 'platform independent', >
