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[Bug 3444] Released sources don't compile

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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:16:19 +0000 (GMT)

http://kenai.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3444





--- Comment #4 from Bill Shannon <shannon_at_kenai.com> 2010-11-11 04:16:17 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> 1. If a build doesn't work, it shouldn't be in the repository.

The maven build does work.

> 2. Please don't switch build systems in a minor release. The directories got
> rearranged too, which was hell for merging in our local changes.

Ya, sorry, given how infrequently we do major releases of JavaMail, there
was no good time to do this.

> 3. Maven sucks. I think most people are probably going to agree with me in
> this, because every new staff member who joins our company makes the same
> comment sooner or later, on encountering some third party project where we are
> forced to use it just to build a jar file.

Yes, maven sucks.

P.S. Thanks for the patch. I'll try to get the ant build working again.

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