2009/2/5 Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > I suppose the best solution > would be for someone like me to become an expert Maven user, so I > could then be the point person for non-maven contributors to the > Geotools library. That would solve two (2) problems at once: (1) You > guys wouldn't have to hear me complain about maven, and (2) Maven > know-how would no longer be a requirment to contribute code to > Geotools. >
Mmmm...., I don't think that's necessary Landon. If there's a perception at the moment that only maven gurus can contribute to geotools then I'd vote for making it clear in the developer docs and on the web site that that's not the case. For a start contributions come in all shapes and sizes: yours is a serious biggie and sure, to deploy it it needed to be mavenized. My biggest code contribution to date was very small, a single class in fact, but I'd like to think it was still worthwhile - I use it anyway :-) Jody hacked into Geotools shape for me because I wouldn't have known how at the time. Even for a major code contribution, if the value to Geotools is obvious we will surely find helping hands to adapt it to maven etc. Also, it doesn't worry me to read complaints about maven. My favourite maven joke (actually, my only maven joke) is the advice for setting up a new maven project that included "...and then we go to lunch while maven downloads the internet". Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Geotools-devel mailing list Geotools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-devel
