I didn't know about the option to disable the m2e builder. I will give it a
try and get back. It might take a while, but I will get back with my
findings. Thanks much,

Sahoo

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you want all of m2eclipse with no build support you can already disable
> the m2e builder in the project properties. You will lose most of 3) as thats
> a huge part of the lifecycle integration. Decoupling the configuration of
> the project for initial setup from the incremental support would not be a
> small amount of work and likely wouldn't work very well. It's not something
> we're likely to do. But you're free to implement it and see if people like
> it. We see only one way working well, and we really only have time to pursue
> that.
>
> On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Sanjeeb Sahoo wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 9, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Sanjeeb Sahoo wrote:
>>
>> Let's say there are two kinds of users:
>> a) Some who would like maven/ide plugin to be aware of the IDE build
>> process and project output locations so that they can experience really fast
>> edit/build/test cycle.
>>
>> b) Others who would like maven/ide plugin to delegate the build to maven
>> completely. These users either don't face or don't care for the performance
>> problem because of various reasons which are not important for this
>> discussion.
>>
>> If m2e can provide an option to be configured to operate in mode #b, then
>> neither group has to sacrifice. I will let m2e developers tell us how
>> difficult it is to support this additional mode.
>>
>>
>> If you want option b) then your use case is already supported. Use the
>> maven-eclipse-plugin to generate your eclipse files and then just do your
>> build with Maven configured as an external tool. Every time you make changes
>> to your POMs you just generate the Eclipse files again.
>>
>
> Pl help me understand what features won't be available if I chose to go
> down this path.
> 1) Will I be able to create maven projects/modules using easy to use
> wizards available today with m2e or m2eclipse? I guess not. Then it becomes
> a real stopper.
> 2) Will I be able to use the POM editor?
> 3) Will my eclipse project be correctly configured with maven folder
> structure such as src/main/webapp instead of WebContent for web artifacts.
> 4) Will the IDE prompt to update the POM with new dependencies when I add
> new import in my .java file?
>
> If answer to these are YES, then I think it's a viable option for #b.
>
> Thank you,
> Sahoo
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