Re: [PATCHES] Ant configuration

> On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 01:23:13PM -0700, Barry Lind wrote:
> > I don't like this patch. If anything I think we should remove the
> > dependency on ANT, not remove the dependency on make.
> >
> > By requiring ANT, we provide yet another hurdle for someone wanting to
> > use JDBC with postgres. I would prefer that the build environment be
> > the same for the database as for the jdbc code.
> >
> > Anything that makes it more difficult to download the source and get
> > going with it is a negative in my opinion. And from my perspective
> > requiring the download of an additional tool (ANT in this case) makes it
> > more difficult.
>
> I have no strong feelings about current situation, I simply made
> it more flexible. About changing it, you should consult JDBC
> maintainers first, maybe they have some good reason why its
> so...

Barry and Dave are the jdbc maintainers now and I think there is general
consensus that we want to get away from Ant if possible.

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