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I am wondering about something, in a typical development at some point you need an automated system to run multiple builds either of multiple projects or different builds of the same project.
Some of us use scripting systems such as jython or python to make this happen.
Why not run an OSGi framework with timmer code and design a special bundle that takes a list of projects to build and descriptor stuff and can complete it on a timed schedule say nightly or etc. One of the benefits is that while its running you can do other porject code in your favorite IDE.
If its a large code base you would be offloading the processor load to a different JVM on a different box in specific cases.
Basically, why not use an OSGi framework to automate every item you can in a typical software engineer's workflow? The neat part is that its all controlled driecty from a GUI console within the OSGi Framework implementation in freaking place and not spread over several boxes.
Possible items to automate:
-ANT builds of multiple projects on a timed schedule
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