Paulo, You can find some answers to this question in the "Modularisation of WIAB" thread in the mailing list's archives.
Ali On 23 May 2012 10:21, Paulo Pires <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been looking in this ML archives for references to previous > discussions about a couple subjects we - at our company - are interested > in: project components separation and some other form of build > management, other than Ant that is. > > So far, I've been unsuccessful, so can anyone please clarify me if there > are any plans or work in progress (doesn't matter who's taking the > effort, as long as it's open-source) to separate project components code > and implement a more sane build management system? > > By separation of project components and at a first glance, I mean > several modules, such as: > * protocol (federation, client/server) > * server > * GWT client > * Others? APIs? > > The code structure is quite daunting and complex to break down into > blocks, as it is, thus making the learning curve very steep and > preventing us from quickly understanding the parts we want to focus on. > > Also, are there any plans or even anyone already migrating from Ant to a > more sane build management system like Maven or Gradle? Mind you please > that I'm not trying to start a flamewar here. > > Cheers from the sunny Portugal, > > -- > Paulo Pires >
