Andy writes:
[snip]
> I think I'd be resistant to trying an Apache project that wasn't 
> committed to working on GUMP.  Previous to GUMP most projects were known 

Ok, now who's spreading the 'D' in FUD....Maven can generate a basic gump 
descriptor.

> to be painfully tied to particular versions of particular libraries. 
>  This has gotten a lot better since GUMP came on line.
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> So while I wish centipede and Maven would work together to create a 
> better project (like I said, I'm but a pebble in the avalanche), I don't 

> care which build a project uses.  But I do care if Maven has decided not 

> to build through GUMP as sooner or later I'm going to want to use a 
See previous comment. I've volunteered to get it working. I haven't yet 
had a reply from Sam though.

> project that uses Maven (assuming its successful) and boy I'll be ticked 

> if Maven causes dependancy problems that would have been self-resolving 
> had GUMP been properly used to test it.

> Am I volunteering, well no (I can't as continuous integration has to be 
> an active commitment by a community, and I'm not a part of that 
> community...partly because builds bore me), but I think I'll change my 
> position into actively dissuading Maven's use if it isn't integrated 
> with GUMP as it could have a cascading effect on creating dependency 
> problems for the projects that use it.
Gee thanks....what was that word again...FUD....is this the 'F' or 'U'.

> And thats all I have to say about that,
> PS these points are more elegantly stated here:
> http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html
Which funnily enough never mentions gump from memory....

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