>> My point was only that I've seen projects disintegrate when >> they began to insist that the rest of the world conform to >> them _unnecessarily_.
> I think the opposite has happened with Maven though. Compared > to Ant you are greatly more restricted in what you can do. True, but the restrictions it has seemed to have a purpose. I think that's because Maven hit the right balance of allowing flexibility where it was useful and not where it wasn't. > For example, if the build directory wasn't configurable ever would it > have crossed people's minds to make it configurable or would they have > worked with it. I'm not sure. IMO, it would have. > I want to start doing little surveys of usage and if it was > found it was a feature used 20% or more users I wouldn't consider > changing it. Fair enough. Wordman --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
