I think you expressed things very well. Maven is great for fairly trivial projects, but once you have a complicated build or deployment requirement, it is very hard to find out whether or how you can meet your requirements. And many of the existing plugins are indeed poorly documented.
Our most complex application build involves a horribly complex Ant script - but as yet I'd be reluctant to recommend moving it to Maven, although if possible that would be fantastic. Maybe we'll do it piecemeal. Perhaps more effort needs to be expended in finding out why builds get so complicated - this seems to be against the Maven ethos. I don't think the complexities we have are unusual though. John 8< The problem is that people use mvn to begin with, with a simple project and think 'wow it's so easy', then when used in more complex circumstances, the documentation falls flat and the non-dedicated, willing-to-peruse-src-code user will be put off. I'm looking forward to see what other people think, Kev --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eurobase International Limited and its subsidiaries (Eurobase) are unable to exercise control over the content of information in E-Mails. Any views and opinions expressed may be personal to the sender and are not necessarily those of Eurobase. Eurobase will not enter into any contractual obligations in respect of any part of its business in any E-mail. Privileged / confidential information may be contained in this message and /or any attachments. This E-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only and may contain confidential information. If you are not the / an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us immediately, and then delete this E-mail. Neither the sender nor Eurobase accepts any liability whatsoever for any defects of any kind either in or arising from this E-mail transmission. E-Mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, as messages can be intercepted, lost, corrupted, destroyed, contain viruses, or arrive late or incomplete. Eurobase does not accept any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan any attachments. Eurobase Systems Limited is the main trading company in the Eurobase International Group; registered in England and Wales as company number 02251162; registered address: Essex House, 2 County Place, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 0RE, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
