Struts is still on Maven 1 because neither Wendy nor myself have
hours in the day to just work on a Maven 2 configuration, and no-one
else has volunteered the time or submitted a patch.
Part of the perks of being involved in an open source project is that
you get to work on whatever you want, when you want, and most of the
time, what you do is appreciated by all. How many jobs have you had
like that?
It takes volunteers like you and I to make this happen. There is no
technical reasons not to use Maven 2. In fact, there are many
benefits for us to move to Maven 2, but it just takes time.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I am spending about 30% of my free
time getting up to speed with Maven 2 for a side project I'm working
on. After that, look for Maven 2 support for both MyFaces and Struts
in the near future....unless someone beats me to it.
--
James Mitchell
678.910.8017
Skpe: jmitchtx
On Nov 15, 2005, at 4:36 PM, Sean Schofield wrote:
Wendy,
I was hoping you would be able to help! Can I ask why Struts doesn't
use M2? In other words, are there reasons why we should not be
considering it?
sean
On 11/15/05, Wendy Smoak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11/15/05, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm not at all familiar with Maven but I've seen enough to want to
give it a try. I also think that building the website with Maven
(or
Maven2) would be a good opportunity for everyone to get familiar
with
Maven before deciding on migrating the rest of the build to Maven.
Spare time is in short supply, but I'm willing to help where I can.
Struts has not made it to Maven 2 yet, so I may not be all that
useful. :)
FWIW, Maven supports multiple input formats, not just the XDoc you
may
be familiar with from m1 and Jakarta before that. The "preferred"
format (the one the Maven team uses) is APT (Almost Plain Text). I
know those two work.
Other formats are listed under the Doxia section:
http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-m2-
development.html
(DocBook as *output* looks interesting-- I've been trying to get a
PDF
version of the Struts site for months now with m1, and keep running
into problems.)
--
Wendy
