In line of the ongoing M10N process I would like to call a vote for starting the work to flatten the trunk repo structure.
Main points to note : > It makes it much easier to manage, maintain and oversee the maven build > process. The experiment was very positive, you can still check out the > flat layout in the whiteboard and play around with it [2]. The benefits > towards componentisation are well known and accepted by everyone. In > short, i don't see any reason to keep the old structure. and > ... > it's a change that affects *everybody*, and the less you know about maven the > more you'll perceive yourself being affected. I thought that waiting a > bit longer would give ppl more the chance to get up to speed with m2 in > general. and > If someone gives me the green light (again) and people are not afraid of > a bit of a bumpy ride in trunk for a while then I can start flattening > trunk *today* (as in __now__). Core, tests, mocks and a few of the more > used blocks are obvious candidates. We can decide about the blocks that > are externalized from branch later. Ofcourse I'll document the "moving a > block to the flat structure" process as well as i go along. Please cast your votes : [ ] flatten the structure and pave the way for a 2.2 release [ ] no because .... Thanks Jorg
