On 20/12/2007, Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Oleg, > > >> I start to get the feeling that Maven is a black hole that > >> drags everything into it. > > > > Maven is VERY invasive. It either its way or the highway. However, it > > does help to enforce uniform release structure and process, which is, in > > my opinion, a good thing. > > I'm fine with Maven as a _release_ build tool. I'm less fine > with Maven as a site generation tool. I see the point as long > as the site is published with the release, as is the case for > commons-httpclient with it's extensive documentation. That's > why I suggested to use Maven for the parts of the site that > are associated with a component and usually updated only after > a release, and use something else for the "main" site that > could see intermediate updates. But even that won't work if > we want to add documentation to a component and publish that > without waiting for the next release. > > I just noticed that the HttpComponents site only uses Maven > report plugins that are tied to the source code, which is > good. The 3.1 site also generates reports from SVN, which > makes little sense unless the site is updated on a regular > basis. > Would you mind me removing the "Change Log", "Developer Activity" > and "File Activity" reports from the old site? Some others also > make little sense, given the current change frequency in the > 3.1 codebase: "JavaDoc Report", "JavaDoc Warnings Report", and > "Task List". But maybe you are using these locally when coding? > > > Roland, Sebastian > > > > Feel free to explore alternatives. I will happily step aside for a > > while. > > I don't have a short-term alternative that supports a friendly > wiki-like text markup. I'm beginning to think that it isn't > such a bad idea to have a site published from a Confluence Wiki > though. > Go ahead with Maven site building. We can consider alternatives > next year, when the dust has settled. I'll find enough to do to > keep me occupied.
+1, ditto. > cheers, > Roland > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
