On Mon, 28 May 2018 21:40:29 -0400 Tim Boudreau <niftin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Considering William L. Thomson Jr. single-handledly did the Gentoo > > build system for NetBeans using portage it doesn't seem like an > > impossible task. I have been doing Gentoo ebuilds for over a decade. I can crank some stuff out pretty quickly. I also re-did pretty much all of Java on Gentoo to make packaging anything Java related less cumbersome. I was pretty well versed and system re-designed when I took on Netbeans packaging my way. Using the stuff I have been working on for sometime. Though others said my effort for updating Java on Gentoo was seemingly impossible. What is impossible for some is feasible for others :) > Most modules will be pretty simple The modules were pretty simple to package. That is also a testament to consistent project structure for all sub projects. With a few deviations here and there. For the amount of ebuilds, Netbeans was less effort to package than other stuff with far less sub projects/modules. Good work to all current and past Netbeans Developers!!! Their good work is in part what saved me time. Much appreciated!!! > - 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. Hard to say, but likely switching to say Maven or Gradle would be more work than it took me using Portage on Gentoo + my stuff. Then again my stuff was a long time in the making ~2yrs. Had it not been for all that. It would have likely taken more to package Netbeans or any Java package. -- William L. Thomson Jr.
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