On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Christopher Lenz wrote:

> Howdy folks,
> 
> I've been playing with Maven, and it kicks major ass.
> Congrats to all involved.
> 
> Being involved in the Jakarta Slide project, I've toyed around trying 
> to mavenize it... however Slide does use some conventions that don't 
> seem to map to the project object model all too well.
> 
> The main problem is that Slide consists of a set of modules that are 
> maintained in a single cvs-repository. There is the core module (the 
> kernel), and a lot of additional modules that may or may not depend 
> on the kernel. These modules also have a varying set of external 
> dependancies, and in addition most of them are compiled into their 
> own JAR file.

My preferred solution to this is to allow multiple project.xml files, 
specified in the delegating build.xml (defaulting to project.xml).  I 
haven't a clue how others feel about this.

> 
> So I'm wondering... are there any plans to enhance the POM to include
> module specifications, each with a independant set of:
> - source directories
> - dependancies
> - target JAR file
> - target javadoc directory
> - (probably more)
> or does this somehow conflict with the philosophy behind Maven ?

Again, the ability to specify a different project.xml file would solve 
these issues.  My $0.02CDN.

> 
> -chris
> _______________________________________________
>  /=/ cmlenz at gmx.de

Glenn McAllister
SOMA Networks, Inc.

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