Is this proposal intended to use BUCK to replace ant someday, or just add BUCK as an alternative build system? I thought it's not replacing ant, but I want double check, because choosing a build system vs support multiple build system are different topics.
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Patrick White <pwh...@fb.com> wrote: > My bad, I'll clarify. > > > Internally, we build and test with buck, but we don't worry about the > bin,conf,share,etc folders. So it's a thing that is possible (and I'll > certainly do it if there's interest) we just haven't put effort behind it > because... well we don't use it that way. > > re: jenkins. uhhhh... I'll have to get back to you on that one. (never > used it, but I'll go download it and see what shakes loose) > > ________________________________ > From: Camille Fournier <cami...@apache.org> > Sent: Friday, May 5, 2017 2:11:15 PM > To: dev@zookeeper.apache.org > Subject: Re: Ever considered using buck to build? > > Did you... Just list as a con that actually it currently won't work? > > Does it work on Jenkins? > > On May 5, 2017 4:51 PM, "Patrick White" <pwh...@fb.com> wrote: > > > Howdy! I'm Patrick from the core systems team at Facebook, and I work on > > ZooKeeper and ZooKeeper accessories all day long. > > > > Proposal: I want to add BUCK files to the zookeeper source tree. > > > > > > Hear me out: > > > > TL; DR - I want to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions on the matter. > > > > > > At Facebook, we use buck (buckbuild.com) to build everything. Buck turns > > out to be a really nice build system. It's easy to set up and super > fast. I > > love buck. > > > > > > Ben put together some nice BUCK files that we use internally to build > > zookeeper and zkcli. Since we're already working to sync back with > > upstream, we'd love to get them in. > > > > > > Pros: > > > > Buck files are a lot easier to work with than maven, ant, or anything > else > > > > Buck's fast > > > > These files do absolutely nothing for or against people who want to use > > maven or ant > > > > 'java_binary' generates a single executable file containing all the jars > > > > > > Cons: > > > > Not one of the "conventional" java build systems > > > > BUCK files laying around are just trash for people not interested in them > > > > Doesn't currently generate the typical layout of bin, conf, share, etc. > > > > - *currently*, it could probably be done > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Patrick > > > > > -- Cheers Michael.
