"Apache Maven is not Ant. And not even remotely related." :-)
On the more serious side: Based on a recent discussion on the mailing list we should probably get some wording in there that it has infrastructure dependencies, i.e. requires a repository (manager): "Apache Maven is *the* opinionated build tool that builds your software project in a standardized fashion. It is based around standard build themes such as automation, reproducibility and portability, aiming at making your artifacts easily consumable from a Maven repository. For such a repository-based development environment you will need, other than Maven, a repository manager." /Anders On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Olivier Lamy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Good idea about improving documentation ! > Thanks to take care of that ! > > > 2013/2/11 Stephen Connolly <[email protected]>: > > I am working on some ideas for rejigging the front page. > > > > Since I don't have time for code, but I can work on content (even if > > somewhat slowly at times), I have decided to focus my Maven effort on > > getting us some better documentation. > > > > But the thing that shapes the content and the landing page, for me at > > least, is the first sentence. > > > > That leading sentence should describe what Maven is and its philosophy in > > one snappy sentence. > > > > "Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool." > > > > Is just not doing it. > > > > I was thinking something along the lines of > > > > "Apache Maven is *the* opinionated software build tool" > > > > It at least has a hook, that might get people to read the rest of the > > paragraph, but then Maven is so much more than a build tool. > > > > So here is my call for ideas... > > > > in 15 words or less > > > > Apache Maven is ... > > > > > > > > Hopefully someone will come up with something that gives me some > > inspiration and then we can see what people think of a new look front > page > > content. > > > > -- > Olivier Lamy > Talend: http://coders.talend.com > http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
