Re: DON'T PANIC (Was: Maven vs Ant)
Re: DON'T PANIC (Was: Maven vs Ant)
- Subject: Re: DON'T PANIC (Was: Maven vs Ant)
- From: "Joe Little" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:18:47 -0700
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:49 AM, David LeBer <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 11-Jun-08, at 7:14 AM, Galen Rhodes wrote:
>
>> So, is Maven becoming the new standard for building WebObjects instead of
>> Ant? From a WebObjects point of view, what advantages does Maven have over
>> Ant?
>
> The announcement for Apple yesterday of a nightly build server is
> interesting and welcome (and there was some serious Jig dancing going on
> yesterday). BUT... those builds do NOT replace the standard release
> mechanism and schedule for the WebObjects frameworks.
>
> They give access to in-development versions of WO to enable testing and
> insight into Apple directions, but it is clear that no one is suggesting
> that you should be using those nightly builds for production apps.
No one is suggesting, but I find very little "risk" associated with
tracking the latest stable build, aka 5.4.2+snapshot. Its patch rev
only. Of course, if you use Wonder, you may want to be two days behind
any fix that Apple provides that Wonder has already addressed and
needs to choose to incorporate/ignore.
But, if you are awaiting various fixes that Apple may apply between
minor release points, 5.4.2+ may not be a bad idea. Think "debian
stable"
>
> With that in mind, I think it is far too early to talk about a global switch
> to Maven over Ant or the Maven layout over FBL for the majority of
> WebObjects projects.
>
> I am tickled pink that Apple has chosen to give us the opportunity to see
> and participate in their development process, but I will be doing a lot of
> thinking and investigating before I make any major changes to they way I
> build/organize my projects.
>
> ;david
>
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