Andy Oliver makes the case for Gump:
So now you fix the nags as they happen, you know when major dependency breaks happen… Whoa…what are you going to do durring that integration phase? Buy Sam Ruby a beer and thank him.
The last time I messed with Gump was before I read Erik and Steve’s awesome Java Development with Ant. I need to play with Gump again in my “spare time,” as it would definately help me keep up with bleeding edge stuff in a fairly easy way. I love how the entire java-based apache universe builds in just over an hour.