On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 00:27, Ted Husted wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Update of /cvsroot/mav/maverick > > In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv6420 > > Ahhh, that's better. :) > > Meanwhile, > > Does anyone have any strong negative feelings toward Maven? > <http://maven.apache.org>
> It's been spreading like Borg lately. I haven't had to use it much > myself yet, but the handwriting is on the wall, and so I'm reconciling > myself to the inevitable. :) > What does it get you? I realize that it's spreading like the borg. Like the borg (or black plague) this isn't necessarily a good thing. Maven lowers the cost of entry for when setting up a project, throw together a project.xml and all the bits for it are downloaded etc. I don't think it really makes things any easier in the middle term and usually makes things harder in the log term (hidden dependency trees will get ya in the end). > If there weren't any objections, I thought I might try setting up the > appropriate configuration files. This would not disturb anything we have > now, only provide an alternative build/documentation mechanism. If we > like it, we could then keep it and use it for 2.2.1/2.3. Otherwise, I'll > retract it. Having said that I do like aspects of maven. I packages targets and makes them easy to add to a project. I produces a very pretty set of reports out of the box etc. If your looking to update some of these things maybe take a look at ant 1.6. I recently swithed a project back from maven to ant with no loss (and a number of gains http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/kevin/archives/2003/09/21/index.shtml#000168). > -Ted. Just my two cents. -k. -- If you don't test then your code is only a collection of bugs which apparently behave like a working program. Website: http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/kevin/ Pub Key: http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/kevin/public.asc
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