Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:16:12 +0900 From: Michael Westbay <westbay@seaple.icc.ne.jp> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port/package guidelines (Ant) Message-ID: <200208271916.12677.westbay@seaple.icc.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <200208270601.27637.absinthe@pobox.com> References: <200208170958.14422.absinthe@pobox.com> <200208262209.AAA07190@smtp.hccnet.nl> <200208270601.27637.absinthe@pobox.com>
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Carlson-san wrote:
> The real question is whether we want to have Ant run dependency checkin=
g
> instead of the pkg system. I think we do, my opinion is to turn over =
as
> much of the functionality to Ant as possible. The more it does the mor=
e
> effective it becomes.
It's still in early development, but in Jakarta commons (although NOT a=20
Jakarta Commons project) is a very promising tool called JJar:
http://jakarta.apache.org/jjar/
Taken from the above page:
JJAR is an acronym for Jakarta JAR Archive Repository, an attempt
at making a CPAN-like service/infrastructure for the Java development
community.=20
This is like a mini ports dependency system in and of itself. In fact, I=
=20
think that some of the FreeBSD community with a great deal of knowledge o=
n=20
how the ports dependencies work would be a good fit in this project.
It is a bit flakey right now, but looks like exactly what we will eventua=
lly=20
want for jar dependencies.
Naturally, it runs in Ant.
--=20
Michael Westbay
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