Re: Re: Maven from source - version 2.x or 3.x ?

J=C3=B6rg Schaible wrote:

> Kasun Gajasinghe wrote:
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>> Hi J=C3=B6rg, and Robert,
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>>>> FWIW one unresolved challenge for linux distributions with the rise =
of
>>>> bytecode languages (such as Java) is that compressed bytecodes are n=
ot
>>>> binaries in the usual sense (platform dependent machine executable
>>>> machine code). i know that it's a hard thing for the linux community
>>>> to hear but it's about time that the community acknowledged that the=
se
>>>> languages are now mainstream and stop trying to force them into a
>>>> inappropriate provisioning model.
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>> So... what exactly are you suggesting? Switch in to using binaries
>> instead of building from source paradigm?
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> For Java: Yes. Use flags are still useful for dropping optional deps. I
> recommended that already years ago.

I really meant years ...
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.java/43

 - J=C3=B6rg