I'm working through the Spring 3.2.x packaging which uses the build tool - gradle. Also, one of Spring's dependencies is using it [Hibernate 4] along with gradle itself and groovy.
It's definitely increasing in popularity with open source java projects. I think it may have the necessary traction to attract more projects to it. This means Debian java maintainers will increasingly need to package projects which use it as their build tool. I wondered if there should be some tooling created to support it much like the Ant and Maven helper utilities that exist already? For instance, I'm finding with Spring that modifying the dependencies to point to debian versions means I'm having to modify the build.gradle script heavily. This could cause more work in the future if the build script is modified and the patches don't refresh cleanly. Using Maven helper utilities means a regex search/replace in a separate config file. These simple utilities could save a lot of time. Is anyone working on something like that or if not where would be the best place to start designing and implementing some utilities? Cheers Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cahphs3mbzj_y2u_xj+qyyxd3mtna+xhc+ehdhxtab7lnqac...@mail.gmail.com
