On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Bernd Fondermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > > why not just use an ant script for offline builds? > > +1 > > the website generation aspect excluded, I don't get it why removing > maven is not already discussed as an obvious option here. > if we find that maven causes us non-technical problems - and this > thread is definitively proving this - , we are free to not use it. i have no problem with maven as the main build tool but offline builds are not the primary use case for maven > I downloaded the 0.9.5er source distribution today and it does not > build with ant, only maven. it downloads a ridiculous large number of > jars for very little effect. I remember that I +1'ed maven usage for > building the site. but (hereby also answering a prev question asked on > this thread) the rest should work with ant and offline, please. :-) i see no reason why maven shouldn't be used for development and online builds. if no one beats me to it, i should be able to knock up an ant script for offline builds (though it might be next week). - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
