On 6/3/06, Samisa Abeysinghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul Fremantle wrote: >> I have no argument with someone providing such a template, but I would >> strongly object to any implication that Maven was mandated. We are not >> going to endorse Maven as the official build tool for ASF Java projects. > > >> Sure, and an Ant project shell can do all of that, too, probably sharing >> most of the same artifacts as the Maven project shell. > > > +1. I agree that both Ant and Maven, and if someone was willing to > contribute, maybe a Makefile too :-) I too think that whatever template should be compatible with Makefile too.
one of the general issues which i find keeps cropping up when trying to document is that the ASF tries to keep any rules minimal (to reduce friction). but there's a big gulf between the minimal requirements and good practice. projects need to have freedom to do it their way but quite a lot of reasonably good practice has been assembled by painful experience over the years and in many areas podlings would be well advised to consider adopting these practices. guidelines need to be descriptive rather than prescriptive or normative. IMHO templates need to describe reasonable approaches using maven, ant, make, nant or whatever rather than endorsing or recommending any particular approach. anyone feel like contributing a template or two? - robert
