Same thing for me. I didn't notice it. I prefer the older behavior. cheers
arnaud On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also think the new defaults aren't really helpful. IMO it should support > two modes: prompting the way it does in alpha-1/2 and by passing the info in > the form of properties. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 5:27 AM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: prompt behaviour changes was: [VOTE] Release Maven Archetype > plugin version 2.0-alpha-3 > > > On 16/04/2008, at 1:19 AM, Raphaël Piéroni wrote: > > >>> I found a regression in :generate - > >>> 1) the default (15) is no longer present > >> > >> This is not intended. > > > > This is a side effect of the new version of the internal catalog. > > > > Brett, may you please create a issue for it, i think we can live > > with that known bug and schedule it for alpha-4. > > > > If any one see it as a show stopper, i will fix it. > > Done. > > >>> 2) it no longer prompts for the groupId/etc - it goes straight to > >>> using > >>> some default settings > >> > >> This is partially intended. > >> the plugin now provides default for all values and > >> should ask for confirmation if everithing is correctly set. > > > > What the archetype plugin do is this: > > a. it ask for the archetype to use (il the list) > > b. It then guess sensible default values for common properties and > > additional properties. > > c. It then ask for any unguessed value. > > d. It then ask for confirmation about what was guessed/asked > > Yes this means that it only ask for confirmation when it guess all > > (common properties are always guessed) > > e. If it is not confirmed, it ask for each property a new values > > (proposing to keep the guessed value) > > > > I think this could is a better behaviour than before and permit to > > an user creating an archetype to provide some default values even for > > the common properties (like a default groupId in a corporate > > environment) > > I think I prefer the previous behaviour, since most of the default > values are not intended to be kept (eg, com.example as a groupId). I > like just seeing the default, pressing enter, and continuing that way > than having to answer "N" every time and then do the same anyway. Just > IMHO :) > > - Brett > > -- > Brett Porter > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > > -- .......................................................... Arnaud HERITIER .......................................................... OCTO Technology - aheritier AT octo DOT com www.octo.com | blog.octo.com .......................................................... ASF - aheritier AT apache DOT org www.apache.org | maven.apache.org ........................................................... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
