Re: Reworking build.xml

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:55 PM Adam Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Over time, $0.02 in hand, I would suggest cutting pieces out of the ant build and moving them into the gradle build. As gradle can invoke ant, it does not need to be done in one big hit, but can be tackled task-by-task. Have gone through a similar process in the past with maven wrapping ant, then finally discontinuing the use of ant after multiple iterations.
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> Eg one starting point could be to make gradle clean the definitive clean job.
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> Can't remember if this was the stated direction in the past, but have seen it work.
I'm also all for this approach, it would be nice to slowly move to gradle.

-Frank