For what it is worth I just went though all of this with the new mybatis (formerly apache ibatis). It was a complete breeze to setup with sonatype.
Being a stripes advocate as well I would love to help get stripes setup on there as well. Let me know, Nathan Maves On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Brandon Atkinson < brandon.n.atkin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Nikolaos, > > I wish that the stripes guys were into maven, because I've reaped the > benefits firsthand. > My comment was just me voicing an observation. > > I agree with pretty much everything you said in your original post. > I like the stripes API; I think it has a lot going for it. However, not > publishing your artifacts (with javadocs AND source jars) > to repo1 is a faux pas these days. > > Even if you don't like maven 2, there are other build tools that are using > repo1 to fetch dependencies, like Ivy and Buildr. > By choosing not to publish your stuff to repo1, you are causing more work > for developers to use your framework. In the > end, this means that the bar for adoption of your framework is pushed much > higher, because the cost of setup is higher. > > As for needing explicit permisson to create the sonatype repo, I don't see > anything in the docs that says I couldn't just > request the repo as some random guy. I just wouldn't feel comfortable > hi-jacking the namespace without permission because it might cause problems > in the future, if stripes changed their minds and decided to go that way. > > Oh, and you're probably right about having this discussion on the dev > mailing list. It's just that I was pretty much shot down or ignored the > last time > I tried, so I'm not as motivated this time :) > > -Brandon > > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Nikolaos Giannopoulos < > nikol...@brightminds.org> wrote: > >> Hi Brandon, >> >> Thanks for replying. Comments in-line.... >> >> >> Brandon Atkinson wrote: >> >> There seems to be a bit of an anti-maven culture in the stripes >> community, which is probably why it still hasn't been resolved. >> >> Hmmm.... Interesting. I'm not sure what the anti-maven sentiment is but >> as far as "many" Java developers are concerned it really is refreshing and >> simplifies multi-project dependencies, external dependencies, etc... . I >> have never tried getting something submitted to a maven central repository >> but a local repository is dirt simple to setup. >> >> The only real issue I have with Maven is that the artifact has to be in >> repo before it can be accessed. So until that happens I do agree that >> making the software available for direct download is very useful and nice >> BUT getting it into the repo after some reasonable time is also important >> IMHO. >> >> >> There was a thread a little while back about this, and Freddy tried to >> get the artifact deployed to repo1 through the codehaus manual upload >> service. The JIRA ticket showing the result is here >> http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MAVENUPLOAD-2716 . >> >> The result was that the upload was rejected because no javadocs were >> included, and no one replied when codehaus tried to bring this fact to the >> submitters attention. >> >> I saw that thread today which also is over 2 months old and replied to it >> before seeing this e-mail. Seeing that the submit: >> - a) Hasn't been done in well over 2 months >> - b) Got rejected and not re-addressed >> AND >> - c) finally that the issue was closed without remedy... >> >> IS NOT the right message I would want to send potential and existing >> consumers of any software. >> >> >> If we were really serious about it, we should probably sign up for the >> freely available Sonatype service, which provides a pretty impressive >> hosting service and handles uploads to repo1 automatically. >> >> I could set it up if I had explicit permission to do so. >> >> If that would facilitate getting new releases into repo1 then I am all for >> it. >> >> I'm not very familiar with the internal workings of OS software. Who >> would need to provide explicit permission? >> >> Perhaps this thread needs to be moved to the stripes-development mailing >> list :-) >> >> Thanks, >> >> --Nikolaos >> >> -Brandon >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Richard Hauswald < >> richard.hausw...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just voted >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Nikolaos Giannopoulos >>> <nikol...@brightminds.org> wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > I just voted on the following: >>> > >>> > http://www.stripesframework.org/jira/browse/STS-738 >>> > >>> > While we have an internal Maven repo and can / will easily add 1.5.3 I >>> > am worried that some who rely on Maven will simply stick to 1.5.2 and >>> > not get its benefits. This can be said about any release mind you... >>> > always making the latest available for both download and maven repo is >>> > just smart IMO. >>> > >>> > While I realize - and totally appreciate - all the hard work that Tim >>> > and people in the OS community have put into Stripes I would like to >>> see >>> > Stripes gain momentum and traction - and these types of things - as >>> > minor as they are - don't portray / instill max confidence in software. >>> > >>> > As lets face it - there are dozens of Java frameworks - and the only >>> > down side seen to Stripes is its small community and development which >>> > for me personally means that things can only get better b/c the >>> > foundation is most important but the community has to pull together >>> > eventually. >>> > >>> > --Nikolaos >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Stripes-users mailing list >>> > Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Richard Hauswald >>> Blog: http://tnfstacc.blogspot.com/ >>> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardhauswald >>> Xing: http://www.xing.com/profile/Richard_Hauswald >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Stripes-users mailing list >>> Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Stripes-users mailing >> liststripes-us...@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users >> >> >> >> -- >> Nikolaos Giannopoulos >> Director, BrightMinds Software Inc. >> e. nikol...@brightminds.org >> >> w. www.brightminds.org >> t. 1.613.822.1700 >> c. 1.613.797.0036 >> f. 1.613.822.1915 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Stripes-users mailing list >> Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > >
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