JARs and reference scanning (was: Need help from Java-developers)

2017-04-25 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Am 24.04.2017 um 00:57 schrieb Chris Marusich: > Chris Marusich writes: > >> Speaking of JAR files, shouldn't we try to avoid them entirely? My >> understanding is that they are compressed files, which means the Guix >> daemon won't be able to scan them for references. I

Re: Need help from Java-developers

2017-04-23 Thread Chris Marusich
Chris Marusich writes: >> o How to make the maven-build-system to never ever include other >> jar? Perhaps we need to post-process the generated jars. > > Speaking of JAR files, shouldn't we try to avoid them entirely? My > understanding is that they are

Re: Need help from Java-developers

2017-04-23 Thread Chris Marusich
Hi Hartmut, I want to help, but I'm not sure how much help I can actually provide. I'm familiar with Java, but I've only worked a little bit with Maven. Please forgive me if I say anything that is inaccurate or naive! You probably know more about Maven than I do. Hartmut Goebel

Need help from Java-developers

2017-04-13 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Hi, as bootstrapping maven progresses (see my other post), the need for help from Java-developers arises. To finish all the work to be done after maven bootstrapping, some experienced Java developers are needed. The following questions need to be answered. * Designing the maven-build-system