> On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 16:03, Steve Garcia wrote: > > Will the book provide documentation in addition to > (hopefully) the 1.0 > > final documentation that will get updated at maven.apache.org? Or > > will the book contain a substantial amount of documentation that > > cannot be found on the web? > > It will more than likely be information that can't be found > on the web. I would like to release an electronic copy of the > book for free but I don't think I'll be able to swing that. > > > I myself would like to see a complete Maven documentation effort be > > released on the maven website, much like Ant's > documentation is all on > > the website. > > Publishers are not really into giving away the content of > books they intend to sell. I think it could work in their > favour much like it did for Bruce Eckel's books but the > decision is not ultimately up to me. I can only ask that an > electronic copy be put on the web at no cost.
Yea. That makes complete sense. > > I'm not sure spending between $30 and $40 for the Maven book for > > documentation would be something that the masses want. > > That why publishers try to do a little market research. The > book won't be printed unless they can expect to sell a > reasonable number of copies, say 10k copies. I have heard that is usually the minimum number of copies that must be sold in order for a book to be published. > > Complete documentation, with the general specificity that Ant > > provides, would be sufficient for me, and I probably speak for the > > majority of Maven users. > > > > Would the book target the Maven 1.0 release? Or the Maven 2.0 > > release? (or the Maven-New 1.0 release?) > > I'm shooting for the new version and you have to remember it > can take quite a bit of time to write a book. Even with two people. It could take more than a year (and it most likely will.) Maven is still evolving, right? It seems reaonable to assume that in 12-18 months enough changes will have been put into Maven that writing a book, that is accurate, might make it even that more challenging. I can see a time when core Maven really doesn't change and the only thing that evolves are the plugins. In that case having a book, or online documentation, for core Maven would be excellent. > -- > jvz. > > Jason van Zyl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://tambora.zenplex.org > > In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a > rational and technical order to justify his work and to be > justified in it. > > -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
