2011/12/17 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> > On 17/12/2011 18:35, Antonio Petrelli wrote: > > 2011/12/17 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> > > > >> On 17/12/2011 18:14, Antonio Petrelli wrote: > >>> Ok then interprete my words as: now you can use a staging repository. > >>> This way, artifacts may be tested *before* they are released. > >> > >> The scp+rsync process also has a staging repository (and using that did > >> not cause any meta-data issues). > >> > >> The JARs are the standard Tomcat JARs. The Maven release process just > >> adds the metadata files and moves the JARs + metadata around. Since the > >> JARs are already tested as part of the Tomcat release process, we never > >> had a need to use the staging repository and I don't see that changing. > >> > >> There is also a snapshot repository and we did use that early on in the > >> Tomcat 7 development process (before the first release) mainly because > >> one user who was doing a lot of testing was using Maven and the snapshot > >> repository was the easiest way to get them the latest build. We stopped > >> using the snapshot repository some time ago. I can't remember if it was > >> after the first release or after the first stable release. > >> > >> > > > > Ok then using Nexus makes sense only if you are going to use Maven for > all > > the release process (it's a matter of two commands and a Nexus stage > > promotion). > > I think that now you should change the subject into: why should you > switch > > to pure Maven build process? :-D (Joking, but not too much) > > Yeah, that isn't going to happen :) > > I've seen way to much pain and grief with Maven on the Commons list to > ever want to even think about converting the Tomcat build process to Maven. >
Commons? That's strange, they are only libraries. Probably they never had <cringe-mode-off /> a Maven wizard like me <cringe-mode-on />. Seriously, if I have the time, I could fork Tomcat 7 from GitHub to try if I can change this situation. I already did it for Velocity (using SVN). The only difficulty is the website. Antonio
