Posted by philjord on Jan 29, 2020; 5:42am
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Where-is-the-latest-version-of-Java3D-tp4040278p4040305.html

Sven,
I agree heartily with your thoughts on being able to build by finding dependencies and understanding what version is where and what's being used.

I've always built Java3D this way until recently.

In the Android world it seems almost all development is aggressively based around gradle.build managing all dependencies for a developer, such that no one would use a library if it wasn't published on something like maven central.

In truth it seems the modern "framework development"world would like to hide all implementation details from the "developer", no one needs to know anything other than the magical string incantations that make magic happen, Android layouts work only via trial and error, you can never simply understand what's required.

So I'm pushing down the path of full mavenisation for Javas3D, not because I like it or want to, but because the target user audience I'd like to appeal to (Android developers and eventually iOS) demand it.