[jira] [Commented] (OFBIZ-5464) Extend Ivy usage for easier external lib management

[Nicolas Malin (Jira)]

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Jacques Le Roux commented on OFBIZ-5464:
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BTW, some might think: why not use Maven?

I believe we don't want to turn to Maven (at leastr I don't see myself doing it withough a huge amount of free time ahead!

Nevertheless here are some related (some old, maybe redundant) links:

*Discussion about moving from Ant to Maven*
http://www.1060.org/blogxter/entry?publicid=FAA51080D35EFFA3709C5329B534DB67
http://www.bearaway.org/wp/2006/09/19/spring-switching-to-maven-2riiiiiiight/
http://blog.csanchez.org/2006/09/18/the-black-magic-inside-maven/
http://xhab.blogspot.fr/2006/09/antivy-vs-maven-my-biased-opinion.html
http://bluxte.net/musings/2006/09/17/spring-switching-maven-oh-no-think-twice

*Tools comparisons:*
http://ant.apache.org/ivy/m2comparison.html
https://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/Feature+Comparisons

*Ivy FAQ*
http://ant.apache.org/ivy/faq.html

*Ivy in OFBiz Jira issues filter*
https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12326395

> Extend Ivy usage for easier external lib management
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-5464
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5464
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: ALL COMPONENTS, framework
>    Affects Versions: SVN trunk
>            Reporter: Pierre Smits
>         Attachments: jarfiles.txt
>
>
> Currently Apache Ivy is used to facilitate downloads of specific external jar files for Activemq, mySQL, postgreSQL configuration and Sonar and Cobertura functions.
> However, Apache Ivy can also be for easier management of the standard jars OFBiz is dependent on, in
> - various framework areas
> - various base and special purpose applications/components.
> Applying more ivy functionality will decrease the load on commiters regarding maintenance of  (and upgrading) external jars used  and required licence information.

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