On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 14:10, Miguel Griffa wrote: > Jerome Lacoste wrote: > > >On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 20:51, Miguel Griffa wrote: > > > > > >>Is there any reson (besides resources to write it) that there's no info > >>on building maven with maven? > >> > >> > > > >you need to have a working version of maven to build maven. > > > > > What I don't get is: what's wrong with rc1, rc2, rc3 binaries? > shuoldn't they be considered working versions to compile maven sources? > > >Hence the bootstrap mecanism. > > > > > I discoverd this, after using ant to install in maven-cvs, I could then > use that maven to build maven, > But I couldn't use the maven-rc1 to work. > Maybe my ignorance, maybe something more... > > Thanks for answering
There's nothing wrong with former maven binaries. But when you build from source you just don't want to depend on them. It's a chicken and egg problem. Furthermore if there was a bug in one former version of maven, you would have to specify a specific version of maven. That would be the same as depending on ant for example. As people only want to support one build mechanism, you have your answer. Jerome --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
