Re: Including builder resolver in ivy

> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Archie Cobbs <archie@...>  
> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to propose that the new "builder" resolver be included in  
>> ivy. In
>> order to do this however, other developers need to vote yes or no.  
>> So I'd
>> ask that you please let the list know your opinion.
>>
>> Quick summary:
>>
>> The Builder Resolver is a new Ivy resolver that supports downloading,
>> extracting and repackaging (as necessary) artifacts on-demand. It  
>> allows
>> for
>> a clearer separation between two jobs which don't necessarily go  
>> together:
>> maintaining Ivy meta-data, and hosting the actual artifacts. In  
>> addition,
>> it's easy to use the builder resolver to build a normal repository
>> containing artifacts.
>>
>> The most important aspect of this new resolver is that it makes it  
>> much
>> easier to create and maintain a public Ivy repository, something  
>> that IMHO
>> is sorely lacking right now.  And the Ivy RoundUp project is  
>> already doing
>> just that (note Ivy RoundUp is a completely separate project from ivy
>> itself).
>>
>> Some links...
>>
>> * Builder resolver
>> patch<
>> http://ivyroundup.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/files/builder-resolver.patch 
>> >
>> * Builder resolver
>> documentation<http://ivyroundup.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/files/builder.html
>>>
>> * Ivy RoundUp project <http://code.google.com/p/ivyroundup/>
>>
>> This has also been discussed recently in a couple of threads
>> (here<
>> http://www.nabble.com/Ivy-RoundUp-Repository---feedback-requested-td16704469.html
>>> and
>> here <http://www.nabble.com/Open-source-ivy-files-project--to16437122.html
>>>
>> ).
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback.
>
>
> I'm +1 to include this in Ivy core. The patch is well written,  
> documented
> and tested. More importantly, I think the work Archie has began on  
> the Ivy
> roundup repository will be a great asset for the community, if  
> enough people
> start using it. Integrating the builder resolver in Ivy core will  
> help drive
> adoption of this new repository IMO.

> The only thing I dislike with this resolver is its name. The  
> 'builder' name
> makes people think this resolver compiles modules, while it just  
> repackage
> them if necessary. Hence I prefer to use another name.
>
> Xavier
>
>>
>>
>> -Archie
>>
>> --
>> Archie L. Cobbs
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant
> http://xhab.blogspot.com/
> http://ant.apache.org/ivy/
> http://www.xoocode.org/