Ok ... let me do a summary response too :-) 1. I have to admit that I have never, ever in my life installed Maven ... for me downloading a zip and unpacking it, isn't installing ... you don't have to setup environment variables or paths if you use it from inside an IDE ... on the command-line the bin directory should be on the path though.
2. The Problem with a dual approach of ANT and Maven is that Maven uses convention over configuration, this means that it is possible to setup a maven build for the current project structure, but it's quite a configuration effort. If however we would convert the structure of the project to a maven structure, you could probably adjust the Ant build to that structure. In that case a dual approach would be ok. 3. I don't quite understand why a maven build would prevent FlashBuilder from working. An Ant target is just a simple Java class in a jar, so it's easy to setup a maven project for building Ant target jars. So we wouldn't be giving up on those Ant targets and in the early stages of a transition to Maven this would be essential as we would use the Maven Ant runner to use the Flex ant task to do the Flex compiling until we have a pure Maven replacement. 4. Using Maven isn't locking in on anything. The one thing most people complain about with Maven is that you use flexibility with it, which is true. But the upside is you also loose complexity. In my courses the one rule I lay most emphasis on is: "If it's hard with Maven, you're just doing it wrong". Usually re-thinking what you are doing, cutting the packages differently etc. will not only make your project build, but also dramatically reduce complexity of the project. 5. You don't "have to" take a course to use Maven ... I bet 99% of the Maven users have never taken a course, it's just an offer from my side to help others get up to speed. Chris ________________________________________ Von: omup...@gmail.com <omup...@gmail.com> im Auftrag von OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> Gesendet: Montag, 16. November 2015 10:08 An: dev@flex.apache.org Betreff: Re: Those @#*$^ Environment Variables Ah okay. PC guy here :-) On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 1:05 AM, Harbs <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > “brew” is the command for Homebrew which is a Mac package manager similar > to apt-get on Linux. The other popular one is MacPorts. I have both > installed, but I tend to use Homebrew. > > Here’s some interesting reading on them.[1] > > Homebrew has had recipes for every package I’ve needed. > > [1] > http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/32724/what-are-pros-and-cons-for-macports-fink-and-homebrew > > On Nov 16, 2015, at 9:55 AM, OmPrakash Muppirala <bigosma...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > There is no need to use brew (I have no idea what that is) to install > > maven. > >
