+1 from me! regards,
Martin On 12/29/05, Bernd Bohmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds good, > > but I would prefer to keep the ant script running as long as possible > until the maven build is stable. > > Have you tested the xslt from arvid for convert the MyFaces/Forrest XDoc > documents into Maven XDoc documents? It is not perfect but a starting > point :) > > Regards > > Bernd > > Sean Schofield schrieb: > > I am proposing we switch to Maven2. I think we now have enough people > > who are ready willing and able to sustain the Maven effort. In the > > interest of time I will not go into why I think Maven is better then > > Ant (I'm probably not the best person for that anyways.) > > > > Here are the details of my proposal: > > > > 1.) Minor changes to the svn structure to become more Maven friendly. > > These are minor changes to the directory layout and the result will be > > something similar to what we have in the test repository.[1] > > > > Changes will be made to the trunk only. We will also backup the > > current structure (like we did before the last reorg) so nothing will > > be lost and we can go back to the old if things don't work. > > > > 2.) Abandon (but do not remove) the current Ant scripts. I don't > > think they're worth changing. It will be much simpler to focus on the > > maven script and just push through the pain. > > > > 3.) Temporarily abandon the nightly builds. Make an announcement on > > the user list that nightly builds will be unavailable for the next > > week or two while we get the new infrastructure setup. The nightly > > builds rely on the Ant scripts. > > > > 4.) New Mavenized website. Slowly migrate to a Maven generated > > website. At first only the essential pieces will be there (basic > > overview, mailing list and jira info, etc.) Once the site is being > > automated and published it will be easy to add pieces back each day. > > > > 5.) Move to a solaris zone for building the nightlies and publishing > > the website. > > > > I think the best way to proceed with this is to jump right in and push > > through. Bruno has offered to help and the Tobago team has already > > provided some assistance. Wendy and James from the Struts team have > > offered to help when possible and now John Fallows is offering his > > assistance. > > > > I will go ahead with the reorg in the next few days if I get enough > > +1. Keep in mind that the existing maven script already builds the > > jar files so developers will continue to have access to the latest and > > greatest. Also keep in mind that I have done one SVN reorg for > > MyFaces already and that with SVN its easy to "roll back" if we aren't > > happy with the results. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Sean > > > > [1] http://svn.apache.org/repos/test/myfaces/ > > > > -- > Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Bohmann - Atanion GmbH - Software Development > Bismarckstr. 13, 26122 Oldenburg, http://www.atanion.com > phone: +49 441 4082312, mobile: +49 173 8839471, fax: +49 441 4082333 > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
