On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Ewan Mellor <ewan.mel...@eu.citrix.com> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] >> >> [Snip] >> >> The thread started because the current system isn't really a system, >> it's just a folder full of binary jars which we were advised against >> (and saw another incubator project taken to task by the IPMC). As I >> said elsewhere, I am not opposed to do something else (Maven, Ivy, >> Gradle, $somethingelse), but who is going to pick it up, get it >> running, and educate the rest of us between now and a 4.0 release? The >> proposed intermediate solution is admittedly inelegant, ugly and >> little better than a shell script, but I doubt there is anyone here >> who doesn't understand it, and it keeps the build system that does at >> least build. >> >> I personally wouldn't mind picking this up after 4.0 (and learning >> something new in the process), but just have no cycles at the moment >> to do so. I am happy for someone else to do it, we just haven't had >> anyone jumping to own the task. > > Yes, I've noticed the lack of people stepping forward ;-) > > If it comes down to it, then I will do it. That's going to take me away from > other release-related tasks, but Chip and John and you seem to have most of > that under control anyway, so we can probably afford it. > > If I'm the one who does it, then I'm going to use Gradle unless someone tells > me otherwise. I have been reading around, and the frustrations that I've had > with Maven in the past are precisely the ones that Gradle was designed to > address, and I think that it's a good choice for us. I am open to other > people throwing their $0.02 into that discussion, but they'll have to do it > soon!
Hi Ewan, I'd be happy to help although I can't take charge or guarantee how much time I can spend. I'd argue that we should have a better build system in place before the release as It'll be a big pain to having to deal with multiple build methods. I have an experience in Maven, but open to new (supposedly better) one. Tomoe
