2018-05-25 16:58 GMT+02:00 Neil C Smith <[email protected]>: > On Fri, 25 May 2018 at 02:02 Tim Boudreau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > IMO, Gradle is a step backward for build systems - scriptability leads to > > fragile systems, and ones that are impossible for tools to reason about. > > > > https://timboudreau.com/blog/maven/read > > > > > Nice article! I know you link it in a comment, but also worth posting > Jaroslav's page on this too - http://wiki.apidesign.org/wiki/Gradle > > Now I see! I've noticed quite a lot of activity on twitter with respect to this article. Now I know where it is coming from. Thanks for sharing!
When discussing[1] the build systems, have we also considered the Apache view point - e.g. running Apache on Apache? From this perspective Ant and Maven are +10... -jt [1] I assume this thread is just a discussion as nobody has the guts to really rework the whole build system for all the (including not yet donated) code, right?
