Re: Ramblings on Build System

From: Pierre Frisch (pierre.frisc..pearway.com)
Date: Mon Nov 12 2007 - 11:57:48 EST

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    Why not fix project Wonder? Instead of this class mangling we could
    make Project Wonder not override core classes and things would be a
    lot simpler. What do you need in Wonder to make this happen?

    Pierre

    On Nov 10, 2007, at 6:52, Mike Schrag wrote:

    >>>
    >> I understand the problem and the solution, but I think that providing
    >> the ability to order entries on the classpath is a quick hack
    >> around a
    >> problem that goes far deeper -- properly solving the problem means
    >> that
    >> you need to handle dependencies like OSGi does, or maybe the upcoming
    >> Java module system (although I am not sure how that works in detail).
    > I believe in the grand scheme you are absolutely right ... I think
    > NSBundle is the source of a lot of confusing problems in WO because
    > of this. However, I also think that possibly the only reason the
    > problem of ordering exists is because of Project Wonder and that it
    > does some dirty things overriding core framework classes. Does
    > anyone have any other examples of CP ordering being an issue other
    > than Wonder? I wonder (no pun intended :) ) if we can address this
    > in an easier way and just define a " load framework first" option on
    > frameworks. I think the only reason you need ordering is to make
    > one (or more) frameworks come before the core. Beyond that, I think
    > it really IS more like an OSGi bundle that does not overlap.
    >
    > ms
    >
    >





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