> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 6:48 PM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: Why no multiple locations of sources? ( was Re: > inter-projectdependencies for the Eclipse plugin ) > > > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 04:16, Rafal Krzewski wrote: > > Colin Sampaleanu wrote: > > > >> I'm not really in favour of this and much prefer the way the antlr > > >> plugin works. I would like to see most of the <build/> > element removed > > >> and replaced with a place where you can define plugin > settings if they > > >> are required. We started this a long time ago and there was > a proposal > > >> that just never got implemented. > > > > This made me think... Maybe the <sources> section of the POM is > > completly redundant? > > Yes, I've always chatted with people whether this should be completely > removed or left for 'visibility' reasons. It's not readily apparent > what's going on if those elements are removed from the POM. The idea > being making an exception for ease of comprehension. > >
Jason! Just stupid question. Once you mentioned that you are planning to have also other representaions of POM and not to be limited to XML file. If I remember you have mentioned something about keeping a POM in a database? How does it fit into this idea? Second question: what are you going to do then with such nontrivial things like <sourceModifications> section. Do you see the possibility of removing it from the POM. Are you going to deprecate it? Java Property files are really poor when it comes to representing a hierarchical structure. Do you see a possibility of having then more XML files for controlling build process? BTW: I think that in the POM just <dependency> section is untouchable. I can agree that might be that we don't need <build> with all child nodes in the POM. But if it is going to stay I really see a place for improvements and the ways to making it more consistent (hence easier to document and to understand) Michal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Muzyczny portal INTERIA.PL >>> http://link.interia.pl/f1708 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
