On Jan 8, 2012, at 7:43, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Luc Maisonobe <luc.maison...@free.fr> wrote: >> Le 08/01/2012 12:11, Christian Grobmeier a écrit : >>> Out of curiosity: why can't you run m3 on debian linux? m3 is java, >>> you should be able to download it and place it in your path. >> >> I probably could. I simply did not try yet, and relied only on what was >> provided by the distribution. > > OK thanks for explaining > >>> I thought everybody who wants to build commons components himself >>> should be able to install m3 on every plattform with java around. Or >>> do I miss something? >> >> My point is simply that requiring very specific tools or tools versions >> that require specific knowledge or installation should be avoided if >> possible. We don't have the resources to help users installing these >> tools too. > > Right. But help for installing m3 is not our business, it is business > of m3-users list. > > Every open source project I know rely on only one build tool, be it > npm, gradle, buildr, ant, m3, m2 or whatever. > > At commons we support 2 - 4 building tools: ant, m1, m2 and m3. Of > course this might be wrong, because this doc is clearly outdated: > http://wiki.apache.org/commons/BuildSystems > > If you say we don't have enough human power around, we should support > only one building tool for all components. This reduces the overhead > discussions on incompatibilities. Then we can update this: > http://commons.apache.org/building.html > and remove all the wiki pages speaking about m1 and m2. > > Supporting 2, 3 or even 4 building systems is a waste of the less > resources Commons has. And it does not bring much benefit in turn, > imho. > +1 to supporting one build system. Perhaps one version of a build system. Gary > Cheers > Christian > >> >> Luc >> >>> >>>> I'm not sure how it is relevant whether commons users use maven 2 or 3. >>>> Even if we require Maven 3 to build a commons component anyone can still >>>> use it in a Maven 2 build. They only would require Maven 3 if they >>>> actually want to build one of our artifacts on their own. >>> >>> +1 >>> >>> Cheers >>> Christian >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
