Re: ant only versus build [WAS:Re: install target integrated into default target webapp]

[Andreas Hartmann <an...@apache.org>]

Gregor J. Rothfuss wrote:
> Michael Wechner wrote:
> 
>>> we should not propagate using ant directly
>>
>>
>> well, I am not sure if I should agree or not.
>>
>> Pro ant only: platform independence versus platform dependence  
>> build.sh/bat
>>
>> Pro build.sh/bat: simple usage
> 
> 
> * makes sure classpath is set, and the right ant is used
> 
>> Is there any other reason for introducing the build scripts?
>>
>> Why not tell people to set their env variable, e.g.
>>
>> export ANT_HOME=LENYA_SOURCE_DIR/tools
>> export PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH
> 
> 
> when i first started to use lenya, the build process sucked precisely 
> because you had to do all these unecessary steps. i'd rather not go back 
> to those times.

+1

For the average windows user, setting environment variables is
quite a huge barrier :)

-- Andreas


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