Thanks Maarten, that's very helpful. I'm reworking my build structure
over the next few days
and I'll take your comments into account.
Alan
Maarten Coene wrote:
Here is how I use it:
I always use ivy:cachpath for "building" tasks like:
- compilation
- junit testing
- PMD/Checkstyle/... reporting
I only do a retrieve when creating a zip, war or ear (or anything else that
will be distributed) so it can be installed/deployed independently.
Maarten
----- Original Message ----
From: Alan Chaney <a...@writingshow.com>
To: ivy-u...@ant.apache.org
Sent: Monday, January 5, 2009 8:02:11 PM
Subject: Re: how to put the artifacts in ant classpath?
Yes, that makes sense, because after all the build file is probably
already dependent upon ivy
(it will have all the ivy resolve stuff in it at the very least.)
Another thought (I'm not sure if this is OT) - what does IvyDE for
eclipse do? I've been trying to
find the time to work out whether I should go that route. It would make
sense to stick to a consistent
policy within my organization at least.
Alan
Archie Cobbs wrote:
I'm not an expert but here's my comment :-)
I think we should simply change the comment from "Please prefer the use of
retrieve + standard ant path creation" to "You may want to prefer the use of
retrieve + standard ant path creation".
If you don't care about making your ant build "independent from ivy" then
there's no reason not to use ivy:cachepath.
-Archie
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Alan Chaney <a...@writingshow.com> wrote:
I wondered about this as well - I've been using ivy:retrieve to pull stuff
into local folders and using that for the jar/war builds. This can get a bit
messy, so I was quite interested in using ivy:cachepath when it was raised
in this thread because then I would only have to have one copy of a
particular jar on my local filing system (the one in the cache)
But then I read the statement in the docs and became confused as to what
"best practices" might be.
Maybe that comment should be removed or clarified. Comments from Ivy
experts would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks
Alan Chaney
paul.newp...@targetgroup.net wrote:
I wouldn't use cachepath, as one would normally not have the ivy cache
present on the deployment target.
We use the ivy cache jars via IvyDE for compilation, but ivy retrieve for
pulling jars into wars.
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