Re[2]: Can maven-ant-plugin create a Felix bundle?

[Peter Kriens <Pe...@aQute.biz>]

The bnd program is also an ant task. It should be quite
straightforward to take the pom and transfer this to a bnd file, the
<instruction> elements of the maven plugin are the same as the bnd
files headers. Your ant script then only has to compile the sources
and run the bnd task.

http://www.aqute.biz/Code/Bnd

Kind regards,

     Peter Kriens
     
TM> Thanks for the reply.

TM> I too primarily use Maven since I think that Maven is awesome.  However,
TM> it is not nearly as pervasive as Ant and it is a bit "needy".

TM> It needs access to the Internet, not only to get project dependencies,
TM> but to also get all of Maven plugins, which can be quite a lot.  For 
TM> those without access to the Internet, this is a problem.  Granted, you
TM> can initially build on an Internet-connect machine, then move the local
TM> repository to the disconnected machine.  However, the local repository
TM> includes a lot of dependencies for someone who just needs to build the
TM> software but not do development.

TM> My hope was to use Maven to do development of a project on an 
TM> Internet-connected machine.  Then, when the project is released, I would
TM> also release the project's sources, an ant build.xml file, and all the
TM> project's dependencies.  This would be the smallest complete set of 
TM> requirements for someone to build the project from source.  This set of
TM> requirements would be much less than those required to build the project
TM> using Maven.

TM> Perhaps this is just too much to ask.  Thanks again for the reply.

TM> Tim Moloney


TM> Felix Meschberger wrote:
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> I have none, sorry, as I stopped using ant the moment I went maven :-)
>>
>> Regards
>> Felix
>>
>> On 11/8/06, Tim Moloney <t....@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> No suggestions or comments?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, 30 October 2006, Tim Moloney wrote:
>>> > Is it possible for maven-ant-plugin to generate a build.xml file that
>>> > will create a Felix bundle?
>>> >
>>> > Without changing my pom.xml, I ran "mvn ant:ant: to generate a
>>> > build.xml file.  Running ant on that build.xml does create a jar file
>>> > that installs and resolves in Felix but it certainly doesn't execute.
>>> >
>>> > Documentation on maven-ant-plugin is a bit slim.  It just describes
>>> > the one goal (ant:ant) with its two parameters (localRepository and
>>> > project||).
>>> >
>>> > Perhaps I'm expecting too much from maven-ant-plugin?
>>> >
>>> > Tim Moloney
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>


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Re: Can maven-ant-plugin create a Felix bundle?

[Tim Moloney <t....@verizon.net>]

I just starting playing with bnd this evening.  I will definitely 
investigate this further.

Thanks for the tip.  :)

Peter Kriens wrote:
> The bnd program is also an ant task. It should be quite
> straightforward to take the pom and transfer this to a bnd file, the
> <instruction> elements of the maven plugin are the same as the bnd
> files headers. Your ant script then only has to compile the sources
> and run the bnd task.
>
> http://www.aqute.biz/Code/Bnd
>
> Kind regards,
>
>      Peter Kriens
>      
> TM> Thanks for the reply.
>
> TM> I too primarily use Maven since I think that Maven is awesome.  However,
> TM> it is not nearly as pervasive as Ant and it is a bit "needy".
>
> TM> It needs access to the Internet, not only to get project dependencies,
> TM> but to also get all of Maven plugins, which can be quite a lot.  For 
> TM> those without access to the Internet, this is a problem.  Granted, you
> TM> can initially build on an Internet-connect machine, then move the local
> TM> repository to the disconnected machine.  However, the local repository
> TM> includes a lot of dependencies for someone who just needs to build the
> TM> software but not do development.
>
> TM> My hope was to use Maven to do development of a project on an 
> TM> Internet-connected machine.  Then, when the project is released, I would
> TM> also release the project's sources, an ant build.xml file, and all the
> TM> project's dependencies.  This would be the smallest complete set of 
> TM> requirements for someone to build the project from source.  This set of
> TM> requirements would be much less than those required to build the project
> TM> using Maven.
>
> TM> Perhaps this is just too much to ask.  Thanks again for the reply.
>
> TM> Tim Moloney
>
>
> TM> Felix Meschberger wrote:
>   
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> I have none, sorry, as I stopped using ant the moment I went maven :-)
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Felix
>>>
>>> On 11/8/06, Tim Moloney <t....@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> No suggestions or comments?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, 30 October 2006, Tim Moloney wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Is it possible for maven-ant-plugin to generate a build.xml file that
>>>>> will create a Felix bundle?
>>>>>
>>>>> Without changing my pom.xml, I ran "mvn ant:ant: to generate a
>>>>> build.xml file.  Running ant on that build.xml does create a jar file
>>>>> that installs and resolves in Felix but it certainly doesn't execute.
>>>>>
>>>>> Documentation on maven-ant-plugin is a bit slim.  It just describes
>>>>> the one goal (ant:ant) with its two parameters (localRepository and
>>>>> project||).
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps I'm expecting too much from maven-ant-plugin?
>>>>>
>>>>> Tim Moloney
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>         
>
>
>