excellent, thanks for finishing this off mark! is it possible this might get into a later sbt release or does this belong somewhere in the lift source tree?
thank you! Alex On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Mark Harrah <dmhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for putting effort into this. The inline dependency > declarations replace the pom.xml, so it isn't needed. You can also > declare the archetype as a dependency and extract and process it. I > have attached a project definition that does not require downloading > the zip manually or processing with sed (it does require sbt, of > course). > > Put it in 'project/build/src' directory in your new project directory. Then > do: > $ sbt > bootstrap > jetty-run > > (fill in the name and other info when prompted) > > Thanks again, > -Mark > > > On 4/16/09, Alexander Kellett <lypa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> attached a replacement for the sbt script provided, with inline >> comments for getting it to work. barely tested and trivial. not yet >> verified that this works without a preexisting maven install. will >> automate more at weekend. >> >> will look into getting the blocking-on-page-load modification into >> sbt/lift somehow also given that it has its own continuous compile >> system. >> >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:57 PM, David Pollak >> <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Alexander Kellett <lypa...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:26 PM, David Pollak >>>> <feeder.of.the.be...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > While we are a community that welcomes newbies and tries to work with >>>> > as >>>> > many different people and with as many different styles as possible, >>>> > there >>>> > are things that we've collectively learned. We've found that Maven is >>>> > preferable for our style of development. If you want to use Ant, >>>> > there's >>>> > nothing stopping you and we'd welcome some Ant scripts for building >>>> > Lift, >>>> > but we're not going to stop what we're doing and write one for you just >>>> > because you demand that we do so. Please go back and write the Ant >>>> > scripts >>>> > yourself and contribute to the community rather than being rude to us >>>> > because we don't do things the way you want. That will demonstrate >>>> > that >>>> > you >>>> > are willing to contribute in rather than demand and insult when your >>>> > demands >>>> > are not met. >>>> >>>> many people are scared by maven. myself included after my previous >>>> "fun" with getting lift working. >>>> >>>> is there a way to get a self contained "hello world" zip up on github >>>> if it is not already there? afaiu maven also allows for local caches, >>>> could that that be placed in the zip, or is it simply too big? >>>> >>>> i think that might scare people much less than pasting the very opaque >>>> four liner which asks questions i do not know the answer to :) >>> >>> I am all in favor of an Ant build script or an SBT-based build script. >>> Both >>> would be great contributions. I do not have time for them, but anyone out >>> there who has skills with Ant and/or SBT, I'll buy you a beer or two if >>> you >>> spend a couple of hours putting together examples. >>> >>> My rant is against the attitude that somehow the Lift community should >>> instantly change its priorities because one person has a different >>> perspective on things. We are not waiters in a restaurant. We are not >>> serving peoples whims. We are a collaborative community. Anybody who >>> treats the folks in this community as wait-staff fundamentally >>> misunderstands the ethos of the Lift community. >>> >>> The Lift community is a place that I like being because almost everybody >>> is >>> willing to roll up their sleeves and help. Marius, Derek, Tyler, Charles, >>> Jorge, Tim, etc. roll up their sleeves and help all comers. Each of these >>> guys can be making more money and/or spending time with their friends and >>> family rather than helping newbies, but when they came to the community, >>> they were newbies and I helped them and they have perpetuated that spirit. >>> Newbies help us by asking questions, by learning Lift, by making >>> suggestions, by contributing code, and ultimately by helping other >>> newbies. >>> We welcome different perspectives, but we do not welcome insulting >>> attitudes. >>> Had the conversation gone more along the lines of "any chance you'll >>> change >>> your priorities to support Ant?" "Not for 1.1, but perhaps you can help." >>> "I >>> can write Ant Scripts, but I need some guidance about the dependencies..." >>> The poster would have gotten what he wanted and the whole Lift community >>> would have benefited. >>> >>> So, yes, I am in favor of lots of different build options. Are >>> committers, >>> we have limited time and will officially support Maven. If someone else >>> comes along and demonstrates Ant, SBT, etc. support and sticks with it for >>> a >>> while, they might become the owner of that build system and a Lift >>> committer. >>> Thanks, >>> David >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net >>> Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 >>> Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp >>> Git some: http://github.com/dpp >>> >>> > >>> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
