RE: [FR-devel] RuBuild & FreeRIDE

[Curt Hibbs]

Bob Calco wrote:
> My two cents on the Rubuild thing...
>
> 1. It would be cool,
> 2. but it isn't necessary.

[snip, good stuff]

> Seriously, let's focus on INTEGRATING the tools underneath our INTEGRATED
> development environment. We'll be happier at the end of the day
> because the
> end of the day will be a lot sooner for narrowing the scope to something
> more attainable and consistent with the problem domain.
>
> Unless I am mistaken, our problem domain is to write an environment that
> integrates existing tools in a manner conducive to high-productivity Ruby
> development. Writing a build management tool just because we can is
> something we should do when we have the luxury of a bunch of
> users demanding
> it of us.

You are right. Its easy to get carried away, but we always have the rest of
the team to force a reality check.

Our base should include a plugin that supports make-based deployment, and
then down the road we or others could provide plugins for alternatives (like
ANT).

Curt