Yes I was pleased to learn that Gradle can use Maven repos.  So what's wrong 
with downloading some jars yourself, not tough enough eh?  That's old school, 
good stuff!  haha  

-- 
Lou

On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 09:08:06 +0000
Christofer Dutz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well Gradle actually does use Maven repositories for resolving artifacts and 
> you can easily use Ant+Ivy to resolve artifacts using Ant as well, so the 
> distribution path of using Maven-Central is the only option that services all 
> popular build tools at once. Of course, if you don't have internet, that's a 
> problem. But then downloading a zip of jars should be equally challenging ;-)
> 
> ________________________________________
> Von: Lou <[email protected]>
> Gesendet: Montag, 18. April 2016 06:56
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: BlazeDS, GraniteDS
> 
> Well I'm not complaining (okay, I suppose I was a little), but there are 
> probably cases where Maven/Ant aren't being used (Gradle?), although Ant is 
> fairly universal.  There are definitely cases where these tools cannot 
> connect directly (think secure corporate networks with aggressive firewall 
> rules, or even no Internet access at all).  It would be the preference for us 
> (w/MD5s of course), but I understand the challenges.  The assumption that 
> everyone is using Maven and can build themselves is far better than "nobody 
> cares" enough for binaries!
> 
> --
> Lou
> 
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 04:18:26 +0000
> Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On 4/16/16, 3:34 PM, "Lou" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >I noticed that Apache doesn't do convenience binaries for Blaze (is it
> > >due to infrequent use?)
> >
> > Do you mean a package of files similar to how Adobe shipped BlazeDS?  I
> > think we thought just about every BlazeDS user was using Maven.  Anyone
> > who prefers the package of files please speak up.  We can certainly
> > release a similar package of files, but in theory, you can also build that
> > package yourself.  I think the Ant files are in the source package to
> > create a similar package, and if not, maybe you can help us make it so.
> >
> > Let us know if you can't use Ant to build such a package.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Alex
> >
> 
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