I agree that a "mavenized" build probably does not need multiple source dirs. However, for most of us Maven is not the only tool we use. My use-case for multiple source dirs is to separate XDoclet-generated code. The Maven build will indeed perform fine with the generated source in the same directory as the main sources, but consider what happens outside Maven:
(1) In Eclipse you get everything in a single source dir creating a huge tree in the Package Explorer. I know it's possible to filter out the generated source packages but it's not practical unless the maven-eclipse-plugin facilitates this by excluding them from the view for me. (2) When using SCM within Eclipse: because everything is in a single source dir you need to tell Eclipse (for ALL AND EVERY generated package) you want the generated sources excluded from SCM. Again, very impractical. Unless the maven-eclipse-plugin can exclude generated sources from SCM I want it in a separate directory. This separate directory can conveniently be excluded from SCM with a single ignore entry. Although I have things working like I want using the build-helper-maven-plugin I'd still like to be able to set multiple source dirs in the POM as it is much cleaner. I really don't see the argument against multiple source dirs in the POM either. True best-practices evangelists can still continue to use (and preach :) single source directory projects. Nothing is lost with multiple source dirs, it's just convenience that is gained. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: dan tran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: donderdag 12 januari 2006 17:23 Aan: Maven Users List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Using multiple source directories to produce on artefact Yes, build-helper is there for legacy build. However, if a build is completely "mavenized", I see no need to have more than one primary source trees and adding a generated source tree the project , shoud be done by the generated source plugin itself. For now, i dont see a way out until at least 2.1, if it supports multiple main source trees ;-) -D --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
