+1 (non binding) <biased>And also, some of MRMs are of great use on laptops too, due to their small memory footprints, and they are of great help with "decoupling" you from "work" to "home" schemes ;) </biased>
~t~ On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Jason van Zyl <jvan...@sonatype.com>wrote: > > On 20-Jul-09, at 3:12 PM, nicolas de loof wrote: > > Legacy layout is still used at http://download.java.net/maven/1/ by some >> project, including some standard Java API (activation, mail, >> persistence...) >> can we expect them to migrate to http://download.java.net/maven/2/ ? >> Maybe >> some evangelism / lobbying could help ;) >> >> > I think with a little help we could help them flip it. I know that Kohsuke > wants to. I don't think they actually use m1 anymore, they just haven't > gotten around to converting it. > > A repo manager can safely convert such repo on the fly to default layout, >> but this is an extra infrastructure setup that mostly target entreprises, >> not considering standalone (laptop) use. For this reason I'm only +0 with >> this proposal. >> > > There are also the conversion tools which don't require any additional > infrastructure but a switch. But a repository manager is a best way to > migrate I think. > > > >> As the repository is hidden by Mercury abstraction (AFAIK), would this >> really make Maven simplier ? >> >> > > Cheers, >> Nicolas >> >> >> >> 2009/7/20 Jason van Zyl <jvan...@sonatype.com> >> >> Hi, >>> >>> Maven 2.x has been out for quite some number of years now, and I wanted >>> to >>> float the idea of stopping support for the legacy repository format in >>> 3.x? >>> >>> There are tools now that can convert repository formats, and I believe >>> all >>> of the three popular repository managers support dynamic mapping to >>> legacy >>> format for Maven 1.x clients. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> Jason van Zyl >>> Founder, Apache Maven >>> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >>> http://twitter.com/SonatypeNexus >>> http://twitter.com/SonatypeM2E >>> ---------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> What matters is not ideas, but the people who have them. Good people can >>> fix bad ideas, but good ideas can't save bad people. >>> >>> -- Paul Graham >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >>> >>> >>> > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > http://twitter.com/SonatypeNexus > http://twitter.com/SonatypeM2E > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Simplex sigillum veri. (Simplicity is the seal of truth.) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
