I am pretty convinced that it would even run a lot faster. I have work in some huge projects using maven (50 or more modules)..
After looking at all the target in the build.xml, i see that lot are duplicated and just try to create a kind of lifecycle: compile - test - javadoc and so on... Maven will do a better job with its standard phases, with less lines, and open new possibilities through plugins. I can not be 100% sure but i don't see a need for custom plugins (except rat). Only stuff not clear as for now is Apache Forest, it seems to run only from Ant in Maven ( http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_90/howto/howto-forrest-from-maven.html) Maybe I should also say that Maven phases will be mapped to your IDE lifecycle, so you wont have to 1. write code, 2. run ant compile ant target 3. and wait Advantages i also see * Maven pom will be productive not generated * publishing to maven is for free (deploy phase) * ... The IDE will run the javac compiler within maven in the background to the phase compile. The biggest pain i see is about moving file around without messing the history (SVN is really not good at that). I assume there is other projects at Apache.org that went to Apache Maven path, maybe it would be good to get in touch with them to get their initial motivations, feedback, better identify some risks... Cédric On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Nick Burch <apa...@gagravarr.org> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, cedric walter wrote: > >> Any plan or roadmap to move away from the custom ANT build.xml in favor >> of Maven (mavenization)? >> > > Is it actually possible for maven to support all the targets in the POI > build.xml file, without writing custom plugins / having to have Maven call > ant to do a load of stuff? > > The ant script has the advantages of being very quick to run (I find it > much faster than maven based projects I also work on), and generally > working (so doesn't need a lot of work). > > I'm not personally against a move to maven, but I wouldn't be keen if it > either got slower to build or test the project, or if we lost some of the > targets we currently have. Is that possible? > > Nick > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@poi.apache.org > > -- Regards, Cédric www.waltercedric.com www.cedricwalter.com
