Why do examples need maven to run
It seems a bit contrived to have to use maven to build the examples. Maven might be used to build the release, but it seems strange that the distribution should be dependent on Maven. With Maven there is alot of magic going on in the background which doesn't add to the clarity of the examples and facilitates a low threashold of entry into servicemix. This was not the case in M2, but has changed sometimes after. Or maybe it's just this way when building the SNAPSHOT package? I believe that the examples are usually the entry point for beginner (like mysellf) in getting to grips with a new platform. What is the reason for this? Any possibilities to revert this course? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Why-do-examples-need-maven-to-run-tf2157824.html#a5961238 Sent from the ServiceMix - Dev forum at Nabble.com.
Re: Why do examples need maven to run
Encouraging new developers to work within maven is probably a good thing as dependency management is a big part of the JBI world. Maven enforces good practices with respect to that and hopefully the examples will provide a cleaner path into a workable build environment. We initially experienced a steep learning curve in trying to get beyond the simple Ant-based examples to a build environment capable of dealing with many ServiceMix components. Terry It seems a bit contrived to have to use maven to build the examples. Maven might be used to build the release, but it seems strange that the distribution should be dependent on Maven. With Maven there is alot of magic going on in the background which doesn't add to the clarity of the examples and facilitates a low threashold of entry into servicemix. This was not the case in M2, but has changed sometimes after. Or maybe it's just this way when building the SNAPSHOT package? I believe that the examples are usually the entry point for beginner (like mysellf) in getting to grips with a new platform. What is the reason for this? Any possibilities to revert this course?
