Re: [cbi-dev] Minutes: platform CBI build -- building Kepler

[Jayaprakash Arthanareeswaran <jarthana@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> just to check - is there a hard dependency on the
M4 compiler? 
> otherwise I don't think it's worth the hassle.
> 

No, there isn't any. But this is something we have
been doing in the past.
As David already pointed out, there are benefits for
the JDT team as well 
as other projects that we wouldn't want to miss out.

Jay


> 
> From: cbi-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cbi-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ] On Behalf Of Mickael Istria
> Sent: Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013 08:45
> To: cbi-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cbi-dev] Minutes: platform CBI build -- building Kepler
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would recommend to push at least all "common" things on
Nexus. 
> It's very easy to set up (just add a distributionManagement in 
> parent pom) and consume (just add the nexus repo to parent). It will
> help you to get the build more modular, less dependent on local 
> Maven repository and way easier to consume.
> Also, it would share the artifacts of CBI (a parent pom, some 
> mojos?) with other project, making it more "common" than
it is now.
> FYI we started to put our parents, target-platforms, and custom 
> plugins for JBoss Tools on Nexus about 6 months ago, and everything
> became easier for both maintainers and users. It's really worth it.
> -- 
> Mickael Istria
> Eclipse developer at JBoss, by Red Hat
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