{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/269","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/269/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/269/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/269/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/269","id":113417424,"number":269,"title":"RFC: Remove sbt dependency?","user":{"login":"aemoncannon","id":7484,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7484?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon","html_url":"https://github.com/aemoncannon","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":20,"created_at":"2015-10-26T18:13:17Z","updated_at":"2016-01-25T21:57:49Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Presently we rely on sbt for bootstrapping. Sbt downloads all the dependencies and generates the commandline to start the ensime server. This has a few problems:\r\n\r\n* Sbt is slow. Initial ensime boot takes a while, largely because sbt downloads all the deps piecemeal. \r\n\r\n* Sbt is flaky. One of our most common issue tracker responses is 'sbt sucks. delete ivy cache'. Had to give myself this advice last night.\r\n\r\n* We want to support Java programmers. Java programmers will be like, 'huh'?\r\n\r\nPossible alternative:\r\nWe have our build bot push a github tag for each release, including the assembly.jar and init scripts (shell, batch, etc). Github large binary support helps here. Clients will do sparse clones of ensime/ensime-server to grab the assembly/scripts they need.\r\n\r\n\r\n<bountysource-plugin>\r\n---\r\nWant to back this issue? **[Post a bounty on it!](https://www.bountysource.com/issues/27709216-rfc-remove-sbt-dependency?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F3469453&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github)** We accept bounties via [Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/?utm_campaign=plugin&utm_content=tracker%2F3469453&utm_medium=issues&utm_source=github).\r\n</bountysource-plugin>"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/comments/174684633","html_url":"https://github.com/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/269#issuecomment-174684633","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ensime/ensime-emacs/issues/269","id":174684633,"user":{"login":"aemoncannon","id":7484,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7484?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon","html_url":"https://github.com/aemoncannon","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aemoncannon/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-25T21:57:49Z","updated_at":"2016-01-25T21:57:49Z","body":"ah thanks, was wondering where we stood here. can't wait for this"}}