On 10/29/07, Matthieu Riou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Following up on the proposal discussed at [1] I'd like to call for a vote to > incubate Buildr. Buildr is a simple and intuitive build system for Java > projects written in Ruby (and based on Rake), please see the complete > proposal text at [2] or at the end of this e-mail. > > Also we're missing one more mentor so if someone could volunteer, that would > really be great. > > Please vote on accepting Buildr into the Apache Incubator. This vote will > run until Thursday November 1st at 3pm PST. > > [ ] +1 Accept Buildr project for incubation > [ ] 0 Don't care > [ ] -1 Reject for the following reason : > > Thanks! > Matthieu > > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200710.mbox/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > [2] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BuildrProposal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > = Abstract = > > Buildr is a simple and intuitive build system for Java projects. > > = Proposal = > > Buildr is a build system for Java applications. We wanted something that's > simple and intuitive to use, so we only need to tell it what to do, and it > takes care of the rest. But also something we can easily extend for those > one-off tasks, with a language that's a joy to use. And of course, we wanted > it to be fast, reliable and have outstanding dependency management. > > Here's what we got: > > * A simple way to specify projects, and build large projects out of > smaller sub-projects. > * Pre-canned tasks that require the least amount of configuration, > keeping the build script DRY and simple. > * Compiling, copying and filtering resources, JUnit/TestNG test cases, > APT source code generation, Javadoc and more. > * A dependency mechanism that only build that which changed since the > last release. > * Buildr uses the same file layout, artifact specifications, local and > remote repositories as Maven 2. > * All your Ant tasks belong to us! Anything you can do with Ant, you can > do with Buildr. > * Buildr is Ruby all the way down. No one-off task is too demanding when > you write code using variables, functions and objects. > * Simple way to upgrade to new versions. > * Did we mention fast? > > = Background = > > Buildr is developed using the Ruby language and is layered on top of Rake, a > popular build program for Ruby that provides all the task and task > dependency infrastructure. It also relies on AntWrap to allow the reuse of > all existing Ant tasks. > > = Rationale = > > Buildr's initial focus was to be layered on top of a powerful scripting > language. It's an internal DSL and therefore enjoys a lot of ease of use and > extensibility. It's also declarative, which gives scripts expressiveness > (they're easy to read). And there's no XML! > > We believe bringing Buildr at Apache is a good way to expand even more the > build tool space, attract more committers and users to Buildr and have > people start playing with the Ruby language, both within and outside the > foundation. > > = Current Status = > > == Meritocracy == > > Buildr has been mostly developed by Assaf Arkin but others have contributed > either directly or through patches. In addition to contributed patches, work > on Scala and JRuby is done by community members, and we're working to > cultivate that and add more committers. > > == Community == > > A community of standard users but also power users is building around Buildr > and several people are using it in all sort of different projects. Currently > the discussion group has 86 members, more statistics available at > http://groups.google.com/group/buildr-talk?lnk=srg > > == Core Developers == > > Core developers are mostly from a single organization but more and more > power users are contributing patches and trying to extend Buildr. Also > current core developers are very experienced in open source and already > follow the Apache ways. > > == Alignment == > > Buildr is in line with the existing strong culture of build tools at Apache > (Ant, Maven, Ivy, ...). It already relies on Maven2 repositories and follows > most of its project structure conventions. It allows reuse of Ant tasks. Not > to mention that other Apache projects could use it for their build (as ODE > already does). > > = Known Risks = > > == Orphaned Projects == > > Buildr core development is still very much dependent on Assaf but more and > more people are getting familiar with the way Buildr works and its > intricacies. So we're aware of the problem but also confident that we're on > the right track as more and more people get involved. > > == Inexperience with Open Source == > > Many committers have experience working on open source projects. Three of > them are Apache committers. > > == Reliance on Salaried Developers == > > Buildr is part of the committers job but is far from being the main company > focus. So it's part working time and part personal time. > > == Relationships with Other Apache Products == > > As there aren't many Ruby projects in the ASF yet, there's less relationship > possible for the time being. But Apache ODE is already using Buildr as its > build tool. > > = Documentation & Intial Sources = > > The current Buildr website is at: http://buildr.rubyforge.org > The Buildr sources are available at: http://www.intalio.org/buildr > > == External Dependencies == > > External dependencies are one of the main concerns that will need to be > addressed. Buildr relies on several packages that are licensed under the > Ruby License, which hasn't been categorized yet as okay or not. We've > already mentioned this on [EMAIL PROTECTED] (see [1]). There are a few > subtleties as well as the Ruby packaging system, RubyGems, doesn't require > you to distribute any dependencies as it handles them for you. So we will > have to figure out what the options are before the first incubator release > and graduation. > > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200708.mbox/[EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > = Required Resources = > > * buildr-private > * buildr-dev > * buildr-user > > Subversion Directory: [WWW] > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/buildr > Issue Tracking: JIRA > > = Initial Committers = > > * Assaf Arkin (Intalio) > * Alex Boisvert (Intalio) > * Matthieu Riou (Intalio) > > == Champion == > > Matthieu Riou > > == Mentors == > > Volunteers please: > > * Matthieu Riou <mriou AT apache.org> > * Yoav Shapira <yoavs at the usual for this wiki> > > = Sponsoring Entity = > > The final destination is still uncertain. If Buildr is successful, a TLP > could make sense. So right now we would like to ask the Incubator PMC to > sponsor Buildr. >
This sounds like Rake (http://rake.rubyforge.org/) to me. Is Buildr just a customized Rake? How is Buildr any different than Rake? BTW, these are innocent questions for my own education. Please don't read anything into them. Bruce -- perl -e 'print unpack("u30","D0G)[EMAIL PROTECTED]&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" );' Apache ActiveMQ - http://activemq.org/ Apache ServiceMix - http://servicemix.org/ Apache Geronimo - http://geronimo.apache.org/ Castor - http://castor.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
