On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Chris Bowditch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Glenn, > > I guess you are referring to this patch you prepared; > https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49881 > > I did search the archives but couldn't find the previous discussion on > this topic. > > Maven is a pain to setup, but once configured it is actually easier to use > than ant as it gives you 1 step IDE configuration which is a big bonus :-) > > So I'm +1 on switching, but we should do this across all projects in XML > Graphics, not just FOP. And in my view this should be done after we've > completed the current planned release of all projects. > yes > > Thanks, > > Chris > > On 22/04/2015 17:35, Glenn Adams wrote: > > >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Luis Bernardo <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> I think that maven will be embraced as soon as there is a >> volunteer to do the transition. >> >> >> A few years ago I went through the process of creating a full maven >> configuration for FOP; however, the group was not ready to make the >> transition at that time. >> >> I have recently converted another multiple-module internal project to >> maven from ant, and would be able to repeat the process on fop. However, I >> don't want to do it unless there is support to switch over. >> >> >> >> On 4/22/15 6:13 PM, Glenn Adams wrote: >> >>> on another point, when can we transition to maven? our ant >>> configurations are difficult to maintain and understand; we >>> should modernize >>> >> >> >> >> >
