On Jul 23, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Robbie Gemmell wrote: > I think its safe to say Maven is a lot more mature now than it was back > then, and is much more widely used. The issues that existed then certainly > don't seem to bother the massive numbers of large projects using it today. > > Given how popular it is with other developers as a build system and as a > route for their projects to consume artifacts, I'd generally be in favour > of making the switch if only to be nice citizens to prospective users of > proton. +1 Notwithstanding my personal dislike of maven, it seems to have become the de facto standard. Although, we could use Ivy+Ant like we do in the current code base. This would be my personal preference but the maven thing has truly become a 'if you can't beat them, join them' thing for me so I would be fine either way.
Weston > > Robbie > On 23 Jul 2012 20:00, "Rajith Attapattu" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I personally prefer the simple ant based system. >> The last time Qpid used maven it was horrible :) .. it downloaded the >> entire universe into my computer. >> We also had trouble doing repeatable builds. >> Now I don't know if it was due to the way Maven was used or if it was >> an issue with Maven itself. >> I've never had issues with ant before --- it always worked for me :) >> With Maven it wasn't particularly a pleasant experience. >> So I'm biased there and please don't blame me for that. >> >> Having said that, I'm not going to make a fuss, if the majority wants >> Maven ! >> >> One more thing. Converting the build system to maven is fine, but who >> ever does that should also take the responsibility of maintaining it >> as well :) >> To a certain extent that was also an issue with the previous attempt >> at using maven. >> >> Rajith >> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Oleksandr Rudyy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I completely support Joseph's proposal to use maven as building system >>> for j-poton module. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Alex >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
