Hi, @Tim I don't have more info than the announce of 2.1.0-m1 or the following article : * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg89838.html * http://blogs.sonatype.com/john/2008/09/19/1221844609400.html (and I didn't find time to test the new version of maven)
@Derek Jesse Eichar contribute scripting to maven-scala-plugin (http://scala-tools.org/mvnsites-snapshots/maven-scala-plugin/usage_script.html) this is part of the version 2.8-SNAPSHOT, that should be released next week. /davidB On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Derek Chen-Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree on the Maven mojo programming. Anything to simplify custom build > "scripts" would be great, so SBT sounds like an interesting idea. I didn't > mean to imply that it was a bad idea, just that you don't need all of the > "-Ds" :) > > Derek > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Tim Perrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hey Derek, >> >> I know about this command :-) >> >> My observation (of my friend at least) is that his reaction was "holy- >> cow, i need to learn this build tool, a new language and a new >> framework". The language and framework part you cant get away from >> invariably but perhaps we can do something on the build tool front. >> >> Also what you generally see people doing with Rake is creating useful >> little utilities without having to know heaps about how actually rake >> works under the hood. Right now, IMO, creating maven mojo's is quite >> difficult and you wouldnt see that same thing happening (a lot of >> people are also very against "programming in XML" which maven can >> sometimes feel like) >> >> Like I said, im not really pro-SBT or anything, I just wanted to float >> the idea. Maven is doing a great job for us right now I agree. >> >> @davidB: Is there an ETA for maven 2.1 and 3.0 and/or a roadmap of new >> features? >> >> Cheers >> >> Tim >> >> >> On Oct 5, 11:33 pm, "Derek Chen-Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > There's no *requirement* to use all of the "-D" stuff. If you just do >> > >> > mvn -U archetype:generate >> > >> > you actually get a nice list of archetypes, two of which are: >> > >> > 31: internal -> lift-archetype-blank (A blank/empty liftweb project) >> > 32: internal -> lift-archetype-basic (The basic (liftweb) project) >> > >> > If you just pick the number it prompts you for the necessary info. >> > >> > Derek >> > >> > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Tim Perrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > god no, I dont want to replace maven :-) >> > >> > > There is talk of SBT having rake type functionality in the not too >> > > distant future, so that was more what I was thinking. I appreciate >> > > that maven can do all that stuff but from a beginer perspective its >> > > pretty difficult for them to learn. >> > >> > > I recently persuaded my best friend to take up lift, and one of the >> > > things he just couldnt understand was all the -D stuff he needed to do >> > > when getting started. So my intention here was more thinking that >> > > perhaps its something we could leverage to simply our project creation >> > > needs etc >> > >> > > Like I said, just floating the idea :-) >> > >> > > Cheers >> > >> > > Tim >> > >> > > On Oct 5, 8:22 pm, "Jorge Ortiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > > I don't see a downside to providing an alternative build system to >> > > > people >> > > > who are very Maven-averse.... (as long as I don't have to maintain >> > > > it!, >> > > heh) >> > >> > > > But yeah, replacing Maven at this point seems unwise, unless there >> > > > are >> > > very >> > > > compelling reasons. >> > >> > > > --j >> > >> > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 12:15 PM, David Pollak < >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > > > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Tim Perrett >> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > > >> Guys, >> > >> > > > >> Check this out: >> > >> > > > >>http://code.google.com/p/simple-build-tool/ >> > >> > > > >> It appeared a couple of days ago - im wondering if its something >> > > > >> we >> > > > >> could customize to make starting lift projects easier? Its all >> > > > >> written >> > > > >> in scala so should be easily extendable. >> > >> > > > > I am very reluctant to introduce an additional build system to >> > > > > Lift. >> > > If >> > > > > this tool is built on top of the Maven infrastructure but uses >> > > > > Scala >> > > files >> > > > > to define build rules rather than using XML, I'm interested in >> > > > > learning >> > > > > more. If it's yet another build tool... well... >> > >> > > > >> I need to take a better look, but thought id float the idea >> > >> > > > >> Cheers >> > >> > > > >> Tim >> > >> > > > > -- >> > > > > Lift, the simply functional web frameworkhttp://liftweb.net >> > > > > Collaborative Task Managementhttp://much4.us >> > > > > Follow me:http://twitter.com/dpp >> > > > > Git some:http://github.com/dpp >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. 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