> > I totally disagree. > > And that's fine, but what I''m going to do is make both for a > simple experiment that users can participate in and make > patches for if they like. > > People look too much at the "type" and attribute that to > packaging. I still hold that one marker per dependency would > cover everything and you would end up with a small number of > handlers, but I'll make another flavour which uses "kind" > decorators then you users can throw whatever you like as use > cases and we'll see how both unfold.
This poor horse has been beaten so much that it can't be recognized now. If the two dependency attributes can be blended into one then that is fine with me. I don't really know how that can be implemented but 1) if it can - sweet! (less XML), 2) you often espouse great ideas and I believe that your handler architecture can address the aforementioned task. An interesting note: my colleagues and I at work are learning more about XP techniques and one of the idioms we are trying to live by is less debate and more testing. In the past we often sit around and debate over what is the correct solution is and we never get anywhere of conseqence because we have strong personalities. In addition we usually agree on overall architecture but then spend an inordinate amount of time arguing over details that affects only 1% of the application or 1% of performance improvement. Anyway we have a saying: If an argument extends over 10 minutes, stop debating and do a test to see who is right! (the argument usually ends after that. :-)). > Easy enough to do with the components, just flip one > implementation out for the other and we can try one, the > other, or any variant in between. It's something that users > feel concerned about so we'll throw it out there as a little > hack-a-thon as the debate will go on ad nauseum. > > -- > jvz. > > Jason van Zyl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://maven.apache.org > > happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the > more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to > other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder ... > > -- Thoreau > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
