--- Dennis Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Benson wrote:
> > --- Dennis Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> Tim O'Brien wrote:
> >>> On 8/3/07, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>> --- Dennis Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Matt Benson wrote:
> >>>>>> Thanks for your response, Dennis:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --- Dennis Lundberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The site for jxpath builds fine for me using
> >>>>> Maven
> >>>>>>> 1.0.2. It looks as
> >>>>>>> good as any of the other components sites
> that
> >>>>> are
> >>>>>>> build with M1.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Which reports that are generated is
> configured
> >> in
> >>>>>>> the <reports> section
> >>>>>>> of the file project.xml. Most of the plugins
> >> in
> >>>>>>> Maven 1 can be tweaked
> >>>>>>> by adding or changing properties in the file
> >>>>>>> project.properties.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If you need more info about a certain
> plugin,
> >>>>> check
> >>>>>>> the site for that
> >>>>>>> plugin. Start at
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >
>
http://maven.apache.org/maven-1.x/plugins/bundledHistory.html
> >>>>>>> and choose the plugin you're interested in.
> >> Each
> >>>>>>> plugin has an item
> >>>>>>> "Plugin properties" in the menu that gives
> >> more
> >>>>>>> information.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> If you want to, we could convert the site to
> >> use
> >>>>>>> Maven 2 instead.
> >>>>>> <cringe> is there any reason I'd want to do
> >> that?
> >>>>> :o
> >>>>>> Seriously, 'cause I don't know...
> >>>>> The reason would be that commons is moving in
> >> that
> >>>>> direction. It might
> >>>>> be a waste of time for you to learn Maven 1
> now,
> >> and
> >>>>> then have to learn
> >>>>> Maven 2 in a short while. You could just as
> well
> >>>>> jump right on to Maven
> >>>>> 2. But that's your call :-)
> >>>> Is the fact that the sites can be made uniform
> >> the
> >>>> driving reason to use Maven 1 or 2?
> >> Yep, that and as Tim pointed out standardization.
> >> But it isn't just for
> >> producing sites. It's a replacement for Ant, at
> >> least in the long run.
> >>
> >>>> If,
> >>>> hypothetically speaking, there were a third
> >> option
> >>>> that could generate the site identically, would
> >> there
> >>>> be a good reason to forbid its use?
> >>>>
> >>> Yes, standardization. Go ahead and create your
> >> own site generation
> >>> technology, but commit to sticking around to
> >> update it forever.
> >>> Commons project (especially) experience bursts
> of
> >> interest and
> >>> activity. A project might have a dedicated
> >> release manager
> >>> throughout the years (example would be Rahul and
> >> SCXML), but another
> >>> project might have a release manager that
> >> disappears for a year, or a
> >>> series of release managers spanning multiple
> years
> >> (example would be
> >>> something like Codec). The only way certain
> >> subproject's sites are
> >>> not going to fall into disrepair is if there is
> a
> >> common way to
> >>> generate them.
> >>>
> >>> If a project has some custom site build process,
> >> it just makes it that
> >>> much harder for someone to jump in and fix a bug
> >> and keep the
> >>> documentation up to date.
> >>>
> >>> Instead of just turning you nose up on a Maven
> >> site, someone needs to
> >>> create a commons-skin similar to what the Spring
> >> Framework guys are
> >>> doing, and similar to what the Wicket people are
> >> doing.
> >>
> >> We already have a commons-skin. That is one of
> the
> >> reasons I'm pushing
> >> for Maven 2 here. The skin takes care of all the
> >> look-and-feel stuff for
> >> you. You don't have to worry about it. Just
> >> concentrate on creating and
> >> organizing content.
> >>
> >
> > I sense I'll not be able to escape M(1|2). Groan,
> I
> > was hoping to avoid M2 for some time yet... Let me
> do
> > some research to see exactly what I'm getting into
> if
> > I opt to switch JXPath. Aren't we now in the mode
> of
> > support M1-even-after-adding-M2-support though?
> That
> > would make it seem as though I still have to mess
> with
> > M1 even if I opt to "upgrade" to M2.
>
> No, you'll need to understand at least one of them.
>
> I'm putting together Maven 2 files for JXPath as we
> speak. Either I'll
> just commit them to svn and you can use them if you
> want to, or I'll
> send them to you directly so you can have a look at
> them.
>
Feel free to commit directly; if you can't get it
right there's little hope for me! ;) ...and TIA
-Matt
> --
> Dennis Lundberg
>
>
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