Please don't cross post announcements to the general list. Announcements should go to the announcements list as thats what it is meant for.
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:14, Jason van Zyl wrote: > The Maven team is pleased to announce the Beta 3 release! > > http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/maven/ > > Maven is a Java project management and project comprehension tool. Maven is > based on the concept of a project object model (POM) in that all the > artifacts produced by Maven are a result of consulting a well defined model > for your project. Builds, documentation, source metrics, and source > cross-references are all controlled by your POM. > > Maven has many goals, but in a nutshell Maven aims to make the developer's > life easier by providing a well defined project structure, well defined > development processes to follow, and a coherent body of documentation that > keeps your developers and clients apprised of what's happening with your > project. Maven alleviates a lot of what most developers consider drudgery > and lets them get on with the task at hand. This is essential in OSS > projects where there aren't many people dedicated to the task of > documenting and propagating the critical information about your project > which is necessary in order to attract potential new developers and > clients. > > Changes in this version include: > > o Integration of Checkstyle > > o Maven installation update mechanism that allows you to easily > update your Maven installation. > > o POM update mechanism that will move your Maven projects forward easily > as Maven improves. The updater will transform your project descriptor, > properties files and the project structure itself if required. > > o Testing has been simplified and made safer. > > o An XML Schema and validation mechanism have been added. > > o Documentation changes include fully documented Maven properties, the > start of an FAQ, and several modifications to help unify the > documentation so its more coherent for new users. -- Cheers, Pete ---------------------------------------- Why does everyone always overgeneralize? ---------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
