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Hi Jörg, and Robert, |
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>> FWIW one unresolved challenge for linux distributions with the rise of |
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>> bytecode languages (such as Java) is that compressed bytecodes are not |
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>> binaries in the usual sense (platform dependent machine executable |
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>> machine code). i know that it's a hard thing for the linux community |
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>> to hear but it's about time that the community acknowledged that these |
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>> languages are now mainstream and stop trying to force them into a |
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>> inappropriate provisioning model. |
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So... what exactly are you suggesting? Switch in to using binaries |
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instead of building from source paradigm? |
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> To build Maven from source in Gentoo I wonder about the hen-and-egg problem. |
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Yes. To Bootstrap maven, the work around for this is by: first |
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generate ANT build.xml via `mvn ant:ant`. maven-bin will provide the |
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mvn command in this case. Then patch that build.xml to the source. |
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After that, ANT will take care of the building from source. |
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If any of you is interested, you are welcome to have a look at the |
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proposal for Maven from source for Gentoo [1]. Feedback is much |
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appreciated. |
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[1] http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2011/kasun_gajasinghe/1 |
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Thanks, |
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--Kasun |
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PS: Glad to see that "reply-to" now defaults to gentoo-java list. :-) |
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~~~*******'''''''''''''*******~~~ |
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Kasun Gajasinghe, |
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University of Moratuwa, |
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Sri Lanka. |
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Blog: http://kasunbg.blogspot.com |
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg |
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