Re: [PATCHES] Ant configuration

I don't like this patch. If anything I think we should remove the
dependency on ANT, not remove the dependency on make.

By requiring ANT, we provide yet another hurdle for someone wanting to
use JDBC with postgres. I would prefer that the build environment be
the same for the database as for the jdbc code.

Anything that makes it more difficult to download the source and get
going with it is a negative in my opinion. And from my perspective
requiring the download of an additional tool (ANT in this case) makes it
more difficult.

I already know that some binary distributions of postgres do not include
JDBC simply because it is too complex to get ANT installed in their
build environment. (complex perhaps isn't the right word, but it is more
work than they are willing to put in for a small feature of postgres).

thanks,
--Barry

Marko Kreen wrote:

> I dusted a old patch that integrates Ant better with
> autoconf. It creates a file src/ant.cfg.in to pass
> autoconf parameters to Ant. Now Ant can be used directly,
> without going through Makefile.
>
> 'install.directory' is still passed in Makefile to keep
> DESTDIR working.
>
>