[jsword-devel] If Gradle is an improvement would you please post your files for a JSword build?

[Chris Burrell]

I vote for Maven

On 25 February 2010 18:18, <trent.jsword at trentonadams.ca> wrote:

> That's one reason I wanted maven in JSword too. :D  At least, if it's not
> in a repository, I can quickly grab jsword, build with maven "mvn install"
> and have those JARs in my local repository instantly.
>
> Ultimately though, it would be nice to have it in the core maven repo.
>
> ----- "Chris Burrell" <christopher at burrell.me.uk> wrote:
> > From: "Chris Burrell" <christopher at burrell.me.uk>
>
> > To: "J-Sword Developers Mailing List" <jsword-devel at crosswire.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 10:50:29 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
> Central
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> > Subject: Re: [jsword-devel] If Gradle is an improvement would you please
> post your files for a JSword build?
> >
> > I've never used Gradle but have used Maven a little bit. What would be
> nice is that I could build my JSword dependant project by retrieving the
> latest build from the repository.
>
> >
> Does Gradle offer this?
> [Just thought I'd add thoughts from a developer who uses JSword as a
> library, rather than develops JSword itself!]
>
> >
> and the link is gradle.org, not .com
> Chris
>
> >
> >
> > On 25 February 2010 15:12, Manfred Bergmann <bergmannmd at web.de> wrote:
> >
>>
>> I don't use Gradle for JSword but for almost all Java/Java web/Scala
>> projects that I'm working on. There is a Ant->Gradle converter script which
>> might be of use to port the existing Ant files to Gradle.
>> > Yes, it is not yet version 1.0 but that doesn't mean anything. AFAICT it
>> is stable.
>> > However Gradle got some rather large changes from 0.5 to 0.6. Not so
>> much the user API but under the hood and I believe efforts are under way to
>> port the core of the build system to Java (it is currently Groovy) because
>> of speed issues.
>> > Since I don't know Maven very well I can't say if does have all the
>> power of Maven.
>> > However it does have multi-project builds, plugin support, dependency
>> management. And the good thing you can configure all this without XML files.
>> > And one feature I like very much, the build script are actually Groovy
>> scripts. That means you can add custom logic, variables or methods to your
>> script.
>> >
>> >
>> > Manfred
>> >
>> >
>> > Am 25.02.2010 um 13:27 schrieb avolunteer DrStovallFoundation:
>> >
>> >
>> > > If Gradle is an improvement would you please post your files for a
>> JSword build?  I looked at the first page of gradle.com.  I saw some nice
>> but brief boasts.  However it is still version 0.8.  I would rather spend
>> time using what promises to be the future rather than spend more time
>> learning what does seem to me to be overly complex.  Is Gradle going to have
>> all of the power of Maven?
>> > > Thanks for pointing us towards it,
>> > > A Volunteer
>> > >
>> > > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:52:07 +0000
>> > > From: Manfred Bergmann <bergmannmd at web.de>
>> > > Subject: Re: [jsword-devel] Doesn't Maven offer greater power and
>> > >    flexability than Ant?
>> > > To: J-Sword Developers Mailing List <jsword-devel at crosswire.org>
>> > > Message-ID: <460D5BA1-924B-4109-A94F-7B3028714166 at web.de>
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>> > > ...
>> > > Hmm. I'm actually hoping to not have work with Maven. I used it some
>> times for getting template projects for Apache Wicket or Lift and some other
>> but always found a way around it since then. Maven is a monster. :)
>> > > I've come to use Gradle instead:
>> > > http://www.gradle.org/
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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