Re: [Rails-devel] New build process and installer for Rails 2.0?

[brett l. <bre...@gm...>]

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Stefan Frey <ste...@we...> wrote:

> There was something I did not remember was still to be done before I
> will release an alpha:
>
> I intend to update the build process and suggest for this using gradle
> (http://www.gradle.org).
>
> I compared this to adding apache ivy (http://ant.apache.org/ivy/) and
> stay with the previous ant/eclipse-build.
>
> My strong feeling is that I prefer to make the move to the
> next-generation build tool. Using xml seemed as weird for a build as
> writing Makefiles. And it seems much less restrictive than maven is/was.
>
>
The biggest question I have is... why?

What will changing build tools enable us to do that we can't with the
existing tools?



> I still want to hear if there are any objections, even if it will only
> effect myself as I will be responsible for the rails2.0 build.
>
> The other issue is to use installer to create packages for the different
> operating systems.
>
>

Again... why?

What benefit does this give us over the current distribution method?



> Unfortunately I have not found any reasonable non-commercial tool for
> this task. However there are two installer products that provide free
> licenses to OS systems:
>
> Install4j: Requires a link to their page
>
> http://www.ej-technologies.com/buy/install4j/openSource/enter
>
> Installbuilder: No such requirement
>
>
> http://installbuilder.bitrock.com/open-source-licenses.html?ModPagespeed=noscript
>
> Does anyone of you have an objection or recommendation? If I do hear
> nothing negative I would apply for a free license for Rails for both
> products.
>
>
>
I'm not immediately opposed to either idea, provided that there's a good
reason to spend the time on that instead of implementing other desirable
features.

---Brett.