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Subject: [Dicuss] Build Structure
From: Greg Trasuk <trasukg@stratuscom.com>
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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:03:51 -0500
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On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:08 AM, Peter Firmstone <jini@zeus.net.au> wrote:

Not that I have any strong opinions on Maven vs Gradle, but aren=92t you =
conflating build system with Configuration provider?  I don=92t see how =
the presence of a GroovyConfiguration provider has any influence on =
whether Gradle, Maven, or Ant should be used for the build system. =20

Greg Trasuk


>=20
>=20
> Gradle and Ivy (if you prefer ant) are also possibilities for =
dependency management and if Ivy was already being used then it would be =
more likely to be the build tool of choice.  However Gradle is =
attractive as it uses Groovy and since Dennis donated a Groovy =
Configuration, that might make testing easier.
>=20
> Just throwing in my 20cents for disucssion.
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Peter.