Martin Cooper <martinc <at> apache.org> writes: > > In general I don't like the need for internet access on build time. > > This is a red herring. One way or another, you're going to have to get the > jars from the network, whether it's getting them from SVN, or having Maven > or Ant retrieve them. And in all of those three cases, once you have them on > your local machine, you don't need the network to build the next time.
There is one big difference: With everything in the src jar or at least in the svn checkout your requirements are less sophisticated than with the build system. For src jar I only need a browser, for svn checkout I need a svn client, but for Ant and Maven I need additionally Java and the build environment itself. And this is a big difference if the machine with internet access is not your local machine. (I speak from experience. In my company I get access to the internet only via a terminal server. There is no build environment. For proposed changes in the build I need to download all dependencies by hand.) Regards Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
