I wish we could find a way to bundle common tasks : I have more than 9 templates :
build-common.xml build-j2ee.xml build-war.xml build-ejb.xml build-ws.xml build-client-ws.xml build-ear.xml ... These builds just formalize my build system based on Ivy. For each project I need to sync those files which is a pain within a team. How to enforce team to use your build process, how do you easly patch, add feature. It's puzzling me. Today I need to copy paste all these files all over my projects. I think Ivy dictate somehow the build process as you always need to perform some tasks configure/resolve/cachepath... My common-build.xml has 9 visible targets: all -> clean , build , package , publish build -> init ivy -> resolve -> compute classpath -> do I have something to build ? (has dependencies changed? files ?) -> find what is the next release -> compile clean -> clean any generated files doc -> build any doc package -> make a jar publish -> get current ivy version -> publish jar on local repo share -> publish jar on integration repo release -> publish jar in test/prod repo test -> lauch unit tests I wish Ant import would support URL + jar like that : <project ...> <import url="http://repo/build.jar!common-build.xml"/> </project> As ivy became a sub project, it would make sense to have a closer integration like : <project ...> <import url="ivy://settings.xml:org/module/[EMAIL PROTECTED]" /> <!-- would locate the settings.xml file and seek a build-common.xml file using MyResolver resolver. --> </project> we could imagine deeper integration : <project ...> <import url="ivy://settings.xml:org/module/[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ivyFile="${basedir]/ivy.xml"/> <!-- configure ivy / read the ivy file would map each ivy configuration to a path ( path could use a lazy resolve proxy: resolve only when it get used) would import resolved artifcat as an ant build file --> </project> I think is not easy to not like maven ... but Xavier is right it's time to go a step beyond with ant+ivy So any comments on that ? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-DISCUSS--EasyAnt%3A-Ant-based-pre-packaged-build-system-for-java-projects-tp14735371p14741437.html Sent from the Ant - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
