Re: State of maven build system, gradle and Apache commens

[Björn Höfling]

On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 09:32:53 +0200
Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> wrote:

> Am 06.09.2016 um 00:15 schrieb Björn Höfling:

[..]

> > How do you proceed? Do you have an issue raised where we can share
> > knowledge/coordinate next steps?
> 
> I'll convert my intermediate results into patches and some "report" to
> the mailinglist later this week.

I'm interested in your report and want to go on with Maven on GuixSD.

 
> I gave up on packaging further Java packages. It's a abottomless pit
> of recursive dependencies.

Java people care too little about the dependencies of their
dependencies. I have to point fingers at myself too. I hope that
building everything from source and caring more about the software
freedom helps a bit with that.

But JavaScript/NPM is even worse.


Björn