Hi, >Is IVY+ANT better than Maven? My desk research says yes, but I have >never done anything in Maven, so I can't support this from experience. >All I know is I am sticking with IVY+ANT in my own work because I'm >happy with it.
i have expierences in maven and in ant. I didn't try ivy at the moment. But i figured out, that it's hard to build with maven when i have special requirements. It needs lots time to configure everything you want and in my opinion maven has two benefits: dependency management,the documentation stuff and the easy integration of metric reports. Dependency management can be done by ivy. It sounded like ivy is quite cool and easy for this. I am really eager to see ivy in action. Documentation in forrest will be done in forrest. I think there is no discussion. Metric reports: it's possible to do this in ant too. Maybe it's more work here, but i don't think it's too hard. Forrest is more complex to build than a standard day-life project. If i could decide i would go the ant/ivy way too and maybe borrow some ideas of maven where possible. Just my 2 pence :-) cheers, Chris
