I too am trying to keep an open mind about Maven. I see there are some nice benefits but I keep thinking that Ant can already do most of what is promised. I'd like to hear more about what Maven has to offer before I ditch all of my hard earned Ant knowledge.
sean On 8/8/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've seen comments for a while now how Maven is better than Ant... just a > few minutes ago James posted that Maven is "just smart software". I > didn't want to hijack that thread, hence this new one. > > I'm not at all trying to start a flame war here, but I'd like to ask, can > anyone enumerate some real, legitimate reasons, as far as you are > concerned at least!, why Maven is better than Ant (or vice-versa if you > feel that way). > > I'm personally quite comfortable with Ant... it does everything I ask of > it without feeling like its fighting me... I write all my scripts by hand > and I don't feel at all like that's a burden, in fact it feels like the > power is right where it is supposed to be: with me. > > Maven, in my admittedly very limited exposure to it, has seemed confusing > and rather overwhelming. Anything of even moderate complexity and power > feels like that for a while and I recognize that, but I'm trying to decide > if I truly would gain enough to make the learning curve worth it, and to > perhaps ultimately try and convince people at work to do so as well. > > What will I actually gain, what benefits will I derive? I'm looking for > real, concrete things, things which could, theoretically at least, be > supported by evidence. Each person is entitled to their preferences for > whatever reasons they like, but those don't serve to truly convince anyone > though :) > > -- > Frank W. Zammetti > Founder and Chief Software Architect > Omnytex Technologies > http://www.omnytex.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
