"Timm, Sean" a écrit :
>
> Berin Loritsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > The current trend among Jakarta projects is to require developers to
> > install ant on
> > their machines locally--and be responsible for current updates. The
> > reason is that
> > it is becomming increasingly clear that we would otherwise have an
> > installation
> > for EACH repository we have checked out. This was true of all the
> > Avalon projects
> > until we unified their build systems.
> >
>
> The problem I see is that new versions of Ant can (and have) introduced
> various incompatibilities with prior versions. This means that all projects
> have to ensure that they are all using the same version of Ant and that they
> all upgrade their build projects and make a new release at the same time
> when a new build of Ant is available. (Or require developers to screw with
> switching back and forth between different Ant versions manually every time
> they want to build a different project).
>
Another problem is how will users rebuild their distro if Ant isn't
included in the builds ? So it must be included. And then, it would be a
bad thing for developpers to build the project with a different Ant
version than the one that's included in the project.
> > This approach has its merits and drawbacks. The merits are that it
> > raises interest
> > in Ant, and possibly contributing to Ant. Drawbacks include
> > the loss of
> > simply typing
> > ./build.sh to get the build going. (Actually, we can keep the build
> > scripts that will simply
> > run the installed Ant).
> >
IMO, this will have no positive effect on Ant : users and developers
will be struggling with the incompatibilities of their respective local
Ant installations and the projects build files.
Also, I don't think this will change the interest people have in Ant.
How many people have a single make binary on their Linux box and how
many of them have looked a its internals ?
BTW, it is very likely (at least it's the case here) that people have
their own Ant installed for their projects.
>
> If I had a vote, I'd vote -1 (for the reasons indicated). Hard drive space
> is cheap. My time is not. :)
>
I do have :) So -1.
> - Sean T.
>
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