On 13-01-11 12:47, Tom Hobbs wrote:
Personally, I feel a sense of "if it's not broken...".  I think it was
Dan (but maybe not) who said that the build is the way it is because
"it works".

Exactly. Before we step into a new build system, we should first determine what is actually wrong with the current build system.

But that aside, does using something other than Ant give a tangible
benefit?  If "yes", then I have no objection.

Exactly, if there are big benefits, then i would accept another system. Now we have a system where many have invested their time in, and are we going to throw this away?

The work to move to Maven has already been done, yes?

Maven as a way to deliver the jars to users of river i have no problem with. I see no benefit in building river with maven.

Do we want to support 2 build systems?

A thousand times "no".  :-)

+1

PS: The effect on me, these new build systems in the pipeline, have a paralyzing effect. I looked at the build graph of river, and saw cosmetic problem, and thought, why should i put the time in to fix it, now, to have the ant system ripped out in a months time?

Gr. Sim

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