On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Shantanu Kumar <kumar.shant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jul 4, 12:57 am, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hin...@fastmail.net> wrote: >> I am looking for a build tool that fulfills the following requirements: >> >> 1) Must handle Clojure namespaces that are AOT-compiled. >> 2) Must handle Clojure namespaces that are not AOT-compiled. >> 3) Must handle Java source code files. >> 4) Must handle dependencies in the form of on-disk jar files (not in >> any repository) >> 5) No XML configuration files. >> >> Candidates that I have tried and found insufficient include >> - Leiningen (no dependencies without repositories) >> - Cake (doesn't handle Java source files) >> - Eclipse/Counterclockwise (doesn't handle AOT compilation) >> - ant, maven: XML configuration files >> - scons: incomplete Java support, no Clojure support >> >> Is there anything else worth trying? > > Maven works, but if you don't want XML why not just use Leiningen? > Split your code base into various modules (each module having its own > project.clj) and have a shell script (or PowerShell script if you're > on Windows) to take care of the dependencies while building across > modules. > > For example, take this use-case of modules A, B, C and D: > > A --> B --> C > `-> D > > (A depends on B and D, B depends on C) > > Write a shell script ...
And this is how leiningen making users jump through hoops to do fairly simple builds with local dependencies *itself* can encourage "works on my machine" builds. :) Which is preferable from that stand point, after all: a leiningen build script or lots of idiosyncratic shell scripts? -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
