----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Walluck" <david@xxxxxxxx> > To: java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 8:19:55 PM > Subject: Re: Ivy integration > > On 08/06/2013 08:26 PM, Will Benton wrote: > > Is anyone looking at ways to integrate Ivy more fully into Fedora? I > > ask because I'm working on packaging sbt[1], which uses Ivy for > > dependency management; my current approach involves patching sbt to > > ignore Ivy descriptor files (so it can build with RPM-managed > > dependencies), but this feels suboptimal and results in some other > > headaches. So if you're working on Ivy in Fedora (or if you're > > interested in talking about sbt in Fedora), I'd like to hear from > > you! > > I haven't actually tested how reliable it is, but the ant task > `ivy:convertpom' can be used to convert a pom.xml file into an ivy.xml > file. This can be done automatically, thus instantly giving every > package ivy support. This is interesting; thanks! How much of an effort would it be to generate Ivy metadata for every Java package in Fedora? (I agree that having better metadata in Fedora is the best way forward.) > I am not convinced that the fact that sbt requires the ivy.xml file to > be present is not a bug. That should be taken up with upstream. For > example, gradle also uses ivy internally, but it doesn't require the > ivy.xml file and so it can be used without patching the resolver code, > so I don't think that it's an issue with ivy itself. Rather, it appears > to be hardcoded in the sbt code with no option to disable it. Yes, this behavior is intentional, although it looks like upstream might be willing to accept a patch adding a setting to make descriptor files optional (as they are by default in Ivy): https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/simple-build-tool/ivy/simple-build-tool/tCNJv5JtV9Q/Xg7_vIIHuiUJ I have such a patch but haven't submitted it upstream yet; I will after I get a bootstrapped package built. best, wb -- java-devel mailing list java-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/java-devel
