> Considering William L. Thomson Jr. single-handledly did the Gentoo build > system for NetBeans using portage it doesn't seem like an impossible task.
Most modules will be pretty simple - it's those that, say bundle runtimes and things like that whose builds are non-trivial. That may be less of an issue today than it was 15 years or so ago. -Tim > > Actually, one idea I would like to try is source-code only modules that > get compiled at load time (kind-of like Tomcat compiles JSPs). > > This would greatly simplify our releases since most of the modules would > be just compresses source code. Only a small part will have to be binary. > > --emi > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On 28 May 2018 6:10 PM, Jaroslav Tulach <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > -- http://timboudreau.com
