tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9537945.post-60274860041632090902008-04-14T08:24:00.000-05:002008-04-14T08:24:00.000-05:00Your very last point was the reason I suggested a refactoring in the first place. Pulling and building the source shouldn't be a P.I.T.A, it should be easy.<BR/><BR/>There is so much talk about removing dependencies from installs, how about removing ( or consuming/streamlining ) dependencies from the build process?<BR/><BR/>In the MSBuild/TFS world, I write my builds so that the build box is very stripped down. I don't assume that various SDK's and tools are installed. Basically it's Windows, .NET Framework and TeamBuild Agent. Anything else that is needed gets pulled down by the build process.<BR/><BR/>The end result is very easy build automation that can pull a tree from source and build it without any fancy footwork to make it happen.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, just my two cents.Christopher Painterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12167478740431444267noreply@blogger.com