From: "R. Mark Volkmann" <mark@...>
Date: 2005-01-25T23:23:08+09:00
Subject: Re: JRuby Gem?

Quoting Chad Fowler <chadfowler@gmail.com>:

> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:09:44 +0900, Nicholas Van Weerdenburg
> <vanweerd@gmail.com> wrote:

> > does anyone know of anything similar to RubyGems for
> > Java? I tried to get an updated Xalan the other day, and I almost
> > fainted at the bizarre number of steps that the Jakarta site was
> > making me do.
>
> Maven sort of does the same thing, though it's not focused on
> installing libraries and applications.
> http://maven.apache.org/

I'm not sure what you mean by saying "it's not focused on installing libraries".
 That's the main reason I like it.  Your build file specifies the libraries
your application depends on and which versions.  When you build your project,
if those libraries don't exist in your local repository, Maven downloads them. 
They are just JAR files.  No "install" is necessary, just the download.

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R. Mark Volkmann
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