RE: Re (PRODUCTION!): [binarycloud-dev] ANT vs. MAKE

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Hi Dave,

>I'm a new user and maybe out of line here but...

You are not! :-)


>I've just finished the install dance for Java to test Tomcat.
Huh.. gratulations. No you've got a damned fast server side language ;->

>Install, upgrade, join mail list to fix problems not covered
>in docs. Took a few days.

hehe.. hmm sounds familiar to me :(


>I for one would not want to require Java to complete an
>install of a product that did not require Java in it's
>operation.

That's a point. On the other hand you need a working make and all related
tools. The advantage here is that we can provide jre and a env setting
script with bc. And if everything is packaged and configured well, you don't
need to install something optional.


>Not real sure I would want to learn Java in order to use PHP ;^)
No, no. You don't need to know anything about coding in java or something
like that, as well as you don't have to know make/autoconf stuff to make bc
or other projects now. They only think you have to do is edit MakeConf.xml.

>Thats one more thing to install, upgrade, track, on each
>production box I may use BC on.

Of course, in this case, jre and and would be provided by bc (i.e.
binarycloud/make/jre/win32|linx|sparc).


andi