On Friday 23 June 2006 02:18 Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > >> We would be able to do it if really necessary, but I'd rather avoid if > >> we can. I do think that the current DRLVM shows that it can be avoided > >> (so we have a way for people to get started) as well as the > >> flexibility for people who want the control. > >> > >>From the Gentoo user standpoint who can just type > > > > emerge ant cpptasks eclipse log4cxx apr icu icu4j > > > > and get all the dependencies installed in the system I wholeheartedly > > support the way for build just to point to locations of already installed > > binaries. > > Exactly.
I wanted to add that patching ant with cpptasks as it is done today should not be allowed since system wide installations are usually write protected. > > After all it is the way all other software actually installs on Linux. > > Yes for windows maybe we'll need binaries kept somewhere in a shed. > > Nah :) Ok a set of URLs probably should be enough. Since there is no package manager in windows every library has to be downloaded somehow. But I just don't know off top of my head where to get log4cxx or apr libraries for windows and googling doesn't give any easy answer. -- Gregory Shimansky, Intel Middleware Products Division --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
