Somebody get the extinguisher, quickly!!
On 9/28/07, Kevin Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Regarding the XML thing (OT wrt documentation - sorry). > > XML basically sucks as a human readable format, it's a more verbose > form of tree/list syntax (like s-expr). > > One problem I have with mvn that I don't have with Ant is that there > are no 'shorthand' options in mvn ie: > > to declare a single dependency: > <dependencies> > <dependency></dependency> > </dependencies> > > but as I only have 1 I should be able to write > <dependency></dependency> > > This lack of a 'shorthand' form (for want of a better term), means > that a pom file grows to be much larger than necessary (even when I > can use a parent pom and inherit from that). > > Another example is the filtering - this is from a project I'm working on > <resources> > <resource> > <directory>src/main/resources</directory> > <filtering>true</filtering> > <includes> > > > <include>**/hibernate.cfg.xml</include> > <include>**/*.properties</include> > </includes> > </resource> > <resource> > <directory>src/main/resources</directory> > <filtering>false</filtering> > <includes> > <include>**/*</include> > </includes> > </resource> > <resource> > <directory>src/test/resources</directory> > <filtering>true</filtering> > <includes> > > > <include>**/hibernate.cfg.xml</include> > </includes> > </resource> > <resource> > <directory>src/test/resources</directory> > <filtering>false</filtering> > <includes> > <include>**/*</include> > </includes> > </resource> > <resource> > <directory>src/main/webapp</directory> > <filtering>true</filtering> > <includes> > <include>**/context.xml</include> > </includes> > </resource> > <resource> > <directory>src/main/webapp</directory> > <filtering>false</filtering> > <includes> > <include>**/*</include> > </includes> > </resource> > </resources> > > Because we have binary resources (image files) I have to explicitly > exclude those from the filtering when I just want to filter 4 files - > that's a lot of XML to filter 4 files > > I guess that this requirement comes from the plexus container, but > it's a tangible annoyance that would help to reduce pom complexity if > there was a way of fixing it - and yes I know you can use an IDE to > simplify/auto-complete writing your pom, but that's irrelevant - I > shouldn't have to use an IDE to edit my build/make/pom file - tools > are there to make your life easier, they shouldn't be a requirement. > > Enough moaning, I'll checkout the mvn srcs and start writing javadoc > patches etc, maybe I can fix my pet peeves :p > > Kev > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
