Re: [VOTE] Release maven-changelog-plugin 2.1 (take 2)

2007-07-19 Thread Tim O'Brien
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Re: [Discuss] MPLUGIN-40

2008-02-04 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Feb 4, 2008, at 6:14 PM, Dan Fabulich wrote: Jan Nielsen wrote: Finding the definitive help information for a plugin should be absolutely trivial and built-in; having the CLI option which give the code-you-are-executing-right-now the ability to answer that question avoids the issues w

Re: [Discuss] MPLUGIN-40

2008-02-04 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Feb 4, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Dan Fabulich wrote: Tim O'Brien wrote: I'm sorry, hold on... starting stopwatch "mvn help:describe - Dplugin=nifty -Dmojo=nifty -Dfull" - alright, I type fast, but that took me 10 seconds. Then I hit enter and a whole *crapload* of

Re: proposal : make POM less verbose

2008-02-10 Thread Tim O'Brien
stomizable, but any change introduced can't break the current model. But, I'm not optimisitc it is going to happen unless someone just does it and writes a ranting blog entry about it. Tim O'Brien On Feb 10, 2008, at 3:34 AM, nicolas de loof wrote: Hello, Maven detracto

Re: proposal : make POM less verbose

2008-02-10 Thread Tim O'Brien
t way isn't the fix. The fix is to provide more than one implementation. Nico. 2008/2/10, Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Nicolas, I agree that POM verbosity is a problem, but I also think that a lot of people on this list are not going to want to introduce revolutiona

Re: proposal : make POM less verbose

2008-02-10 Thread Tim O'Brien
different? Wb On Feb 10, 2008 11:01 AM, Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Feb 10, 2008, at 10:57 AM, nicolas de loof wrote: Using attributes in place of XML elements is not revolutionary. I don't speak here about writting POMs in groovy ! That's t

Re: An Attribute Based POM

2008-02-10 Thread Tim O'Brien
Why not further steps towards terseness? 1. Get rid of collection container elements. Why this: descriptor When this wold suffice: descriptor This seems like a trivial issue, but when you look at all of the container elements, dependencies, plugins, exclusio

Re: An Attribute Based POM

2008-02-12 Thread Tim O'Brien
it more difficult for people building out tool support, if someone wanted to do something like create a binary format, there's nothing stopping them. -john On Feb 12, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Tim O'Brien wrote: On Feb 12, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Gilles Scokart wrote: -Original M

Re: An Attribute Based POM

2008-02-12 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Feb 12, 2008, at 9:34 AM, Gilles Scokart wrote: -Original Message- From: Tim O'Brien [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: mardi 12 février 2008 16:03 To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: An Attribute Based POM On Feb 12, 2008, at 3:58 AM, Benjamin Bentmann wrote: For ex

Re: An Attribute Based POM

2008-02-12 Thread Tim O'Brien
ms since 01/01/1970 .. so its un non-formated binary type The equivalent XML element should be something like 23:22:22.003 2008/2/12, Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Feb 12, 2008, at 3:58 AM, Benjamin Bentmann wrote: For example, we'd can group groupId/artifactId/versi

Re: An Attribute Based POM

2008-02-12 Thread Tim O'Brien
On Feb 12, 2008, at 3:58 AM, Benjamin Bentmann wrote: For example, we'd can group groupId/artifactId/version into one attribute like this: Please don't do this. This would require another parsing step after the XML parsing and introduces further error sources. Use XML to structure the

Re: Flex 3 with Maven - Resource bundles in SWC not available in app

2011-06-16 Thread Tim O'Brien
Bill, I'd recommend posting this question to the Flexmojos user list. Here's a link to: http://groups.google.com/group/flex-mojos/topics Tim On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:31 PM, sg057052 wrote: > I followed an example on a flexmojos site at > https://docs.sonatype.org/display/FLEXMOJOS/Applicatio

Maven Download Procedure

2011-07-08 Thread Tim O'Brien
I had to write this process down for the millionth time today. Here it is: the current procedure for downloading Maven (without using figures). 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org. 2. On the right-hand side of the page, you should see a section with the title "Get Maven 3.0.3". 3. Click on the first

Re: Maven Download Procedure

2011-07-21 Thread Tim O'Brien
itor (starter, user, > > > > developer) instead of summing up all the handy > > stuff, but that's a real > > > > challenge. -Robert [1] http://maven.apache.org[2] http://gradle.org > > > > >> From: vsive...@apache.org > > > > >> Da

Re: POM5 proposal

2011-07-27 Thread Tim O'Brien
Vincent that seems like a mistake. Why add more specific elements like Wiki and API. Why make the POM syntax this specific. Why not make it free from, something like: Which you could compact down in some groovy syntax to something like "wiki:" I see a lot of people using Maven for proje

Re: Using GIT as the canonical repository for Maven 3.x

2009-04-23 Thread Tim O'Brien
I think DVCS would benefit Maven doc. Someone (not a commiter) could clone the site, fix it, contribute it back without having to jump through the JIRA + patch + "convince a committer to pay attention" hoop. The main difference here is that Git makes it really easy to merge in changes and select

Adding a packaging type to the Dependency plugin

2009-05-16 Thread Tim O'Brien
Is there a more straightforward way to add support for a custom packaging type to the dependency plugin aside from just customizing the components.xml, forking the plugin, and publishing your own custom build?I'm assuming the answer is no because I see that there is an UnArchiver with a "swc" r

Re: Hosting (and synching) a maven mirror

2009-07-14 Thread Tim O'Brien
FYI, running another mirror is a noble goal, and I'm sure there is a lot of good that could come of finding innovative ways to index, but I did want to let you know that there is already a searchable index that provides a number of tools a way to search by class name, GAV coordinates, etc. Maybe i

Re: Invoking Ant tasks from Maven

2009-08-06 Thread Tim O'Brien
Here LMGTFY, http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-antrun-plugin/usage.html On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:31 AM, akhileshkukreja wrote: > > I am a new developer working in Maven. We have migrate the build scripts for > our project from Ant to Maven. I want to call all the tasks in my build.xml > fro

Re: [VOTE] Release Maven Compiler Plugin 2.3

2010-04-12 Thread Tim O'Brien
Non-binding +1 Many, many trees will be saved from this simple change. Tim On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM, John Casey wrote: > +1 > > This will save me quite a bit of time and frustration in the future... > > On 4/10/10 7:40 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> This was simply to bump the

Re: Julia Antonova/Tumlare is out of office.

2010-04-16 Thread Tim O'Brien
By my tally that's 18 vacation days just this year. I think I'm going to take tomorrow off. These emails serve as a good reminder for us all. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:01 PM, Paul Benedict wrote: > Wayne, great point. Makes me jealous too. > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Wayne Fay wrot

Re: Central repository in settings.xml

2010-04-27 Thread Tim O'Brien
Arnaud, I run into situations where one project demands a complete different settings.xml than another. Assume you have a book project that deals with a separate repo manager and set of credentials vs. a tiny codehaus project with a separate repo man vs. an internal corporate project with differe

Re: Julia Antonova/Tumlare is out of office.

2010-04-30 Thread Tim O'Brien
Ok, I'm glad we were all prepared for this. I've made sure to update the Maven FAQ to include this info for others that might be confused: http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/FAQs-1#FAQs-1-IsJuliaAntonova%2FTumlareoutoftheoffice%3F On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:17 PM, John Casey wrote: > It

Re: Julia Antonova/Tumlare is out of office.

2010-05-04 Thread Tim O'Brien
; From: wayne...@gmail.com >>> To: dev@maven.apache.org >>> >>> Tim, this is a great addition to the FAQs! I especially like the >>> calendar going back a few years. ;-) >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Tim O

Re: Maven Wiki

2007-05-23 Thread Tim O'Brien
structure below. I think it's just a matter of configuration at this point. So I'll get started with SCM. Emmanuel - interested? I'm also calling on Tim O'Brien and Henri Yandell here since I saw them at JavaOne and they said they'd help out in some way (even if just applyin

Re: Inheriting resources

2008-04-13 Thread Tim O'Brien
Even though we happen to all be developers, this discussion may be more appropriate on the users list. Sebastien, have you looked at the overlay feature of the WAR plugin? http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-war-plugin/examples/war-overlay.html Are you proposing that a similar idea be ge

Re: making docs and tests suck less

2006-03-07 Thread Tim O'Brien
Developers don't write great documentation. Don't raise the bar so high that people are discouraged from submitting doco-less patches. Just create a structure to address documentation deficiency. 1. Create a documentation posse - identify people who will focus solely on doco, reduce the barrier

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-08 Thread Tim O'Brien
Having to choose between publishing the latest and greatest docs and only the released version is a problem that Maven seems to have created for itself. Same issue comes up in other projects frequently - Commons has a problem because some of the sites only publish on a release. Latest and greates

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-08 Thread Tim O'Brien
as > it seems to me that it would reduce confusion. > > -john > > Tim O'Brien wrote: > > Having to choose between publishing the latest and greatest docs and > only > > the released version is a problem that Maven seems to have created for > > itself. Same issu

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-08 Thread Tim O'Brien
> willing to trade a bit of the look&feel for that sort of information, as > it seems to me that it would reduce confusion. > > -john > > Tim O'Brien wrote: > > Having to choose between publishing the latest and greatest docs and > only > > the released version

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-08 Thread Tim O'Brien
missing the continuous integration part to auto deploy site > everytime it's changed > > On 3/8/06, Tim O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having to choose between publishing the latest and greatest docs and > only > > the released version is a problem

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-08 Thread Tim O'Brien
of the core committers for Maven, had to send out an email entitled "Making the current web site suck less", is not a good sell for generating sites with Maven. > > > > > > On 3/8/06, John Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> +1 > >> > >> May

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-08 Thread Tim O'Brien
On 3/9/06, Brian K. Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jesse Kuhnert wrote: > > I think what everyone is saying sounds more or less correct, but what is > the > > solution then? > > > > If they can't rely on a runtime container to host the site

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-09 Thread Tim O'Brien
On 3/9/06, John Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I agree with you on that point. My point was that physical separation of > the websites might not be appropriate or necessary, since IMO every ASF > project that releases a product (not an API) should apply this advice, > and therefore shou

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-10 Thread Tim O'Brien
On 3/9/06, Brett Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim O'Brien wrote: > > I read your response, clicked on the Geronimo site, and wanted to > believe > > that that was possible with Maven. But, if you look at > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/sit

Re: Making the current web site suck less

2006-03-10 Thread Tim O'Brien
; in a proposal form for how to make specific improvements. ie, for > everything that you think is wrong, say how you'd make it right, in > point form so each can be specifically addressed and turned into jira > tasks. > > - Brett > > Tim O'Brien wrote: > > I'm

RE: Setting svn:externals for maven-1?

2005-01-31 Thread Tim O'Brien
I helped implement the svn:externals over in commons, and it does seem like it is working well. Brett your concern about anon and auth URLs is true. In commons we decided to optimize for the committer and user https. I would like to see svn:externals support some mechanism for using the sch

[jira] Created: (MASSEMBLY-58) Documentation Patch to supply descriptions to assembly descriptor.mdo

2006-01-12 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
Versions: 2.0 Reporter: Tim O'Brien Fix For: 2.0 Attachments: assembly-descriptor-patch.txt This patch adds a description element to everything in the assembly descriptor. Tried to be as verbose as possible. Which the current documentation, the only way to figure out what the

[jira] Created: (MASSEMBLY-59) Patch to the assembly plug-in introduction APT document

2006-01-12 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
Reporter: Tim O'Brien Fix For: 2.0 Attachments: assembly-intro-path.txt This patch adds some explanation to the assembly plugin intro. It summarizes the plugin for newbies and it also defines "assembly". While the developers of Maven might know what an "assembly" is, i

[jira] Updated: (MASSEMBLY-59) Patch to the assembly plug-in introduction APT document

2006-01-12 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-59?page=all ] Tim O'Brien updated MASSEMBLY-59: - Attachment: patch.txt > Patch to the assembly plug-in introduction APT document > --- >

[jira] Commented: (MASSEMBLY-58) Documentation Patch to supply descriptions to assembly descriptor.mdo

2006-01-12 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-58?page=comments#action_55682 ] Tim O'Brien commented on MASSEMBLY-58: -- Ick. Annoying. I'm sorry, I just posted a better patch for #59. Apologies. > Documentation Patch to supply description

[jira] Commented: (MASSEMBLY-59) Patch to the assembly plug-in introduction APT document

2006-01-19 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-59?page=comments#action_56352 ] Tim O'Brien commented on MASSEMBLY-59: -- So, apply the second patch, it updates the documentation for the assembly plug-in. Let me know if the patch needs to change.

[jira] Created: (MNG-543) Small patch for General FAQ and Plugin Overview

2005-06-30 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
Small patch for General FAQ and Plugin Overview --- Key: MNG-543 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-543 Project: Maven 2 Type: Task Components: documentation Versions: 2.0-alpha-3 Reporter: Tim

[jira] Created: (MNG-544) Another Doc Patch: Small Change in APT Reference and Note on Plugins index.xml

2005-06-30 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
: documentation Versions: 2.0-alpha-3 Reporter: Tim O'Brien Priority: Minor Fix For: 2.0-beta-1 Attachments: small-apt-and-plugin-patch.txt Here is yet another small doc patch to APT and the plug-ins index page. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you thi

[jira] Created: (MNG-571) Improve plugin-overview and fix site.xml

2005-07-11 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
Improve plugin-overview and fix site.xml Key: MNG-571 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-571 Project: Maven 2 Type: Task Components: documentation Versions: 2.0-alpha-3 Reporter: Tim O'Brien Fi

[jira] Created: (CONTINUUM-173) plexus.bat doesn't start Continuum on Windows XP

2005-05-27 Thread Tim O'Brien (JIRA)
pha-2 Reporter: Tim O'Brien Fix For: 1.0-alpha-3 Attachments: plexus.bat The getting started instruction tell you to start Continuum by running "bin\plexus.bat" on a Windows machine, but when I tried to run that BAT file all I got was a message "Usage: plexus.bat ". T