Le Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:35:46 -0500,
Kenneth McDonald <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Yes, I realize this is flamebait, but after trying to puzzle out the
> following maven plugin:
>
> <plugin>
> <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
> <version>1.6</version>
> <executions>
> <execution>
> <phase>deploy</phase>
> <id>deploy-gh-pages</id>
> <goals>
> <goal>run</goal>
> </goals>
> <configuration>
> <target>
> <property name="gh-pages-dir"
> location=""/> <exec executable="git" dir="${gh-pages-dir}">
> <arg line="add ."/>
> </exec>
> <exec executable="git"
> dir="${gh-pages-dir}"> <arg line="commit"/>
> </exec>
> <exec executable="git"
> dir="${gh-pages-dir}"> <arg line="push origin gh-pages"/>
> </exec>
> </target>
> </configuration>
> </execution>
> </executions>
> </plugin>
>
> I simply can't resist. Whoever in their right mind decided software
> developers to think that requiring other developers to write config
> files in XML was a proper decision?
>
> Python, Ruby, and (yes even Perl) have had had much more elegant and
> concise ways of managing complex data structures for years now. And
> there's a reason JSON has become so popular--primarily because XML is
> not, and was never intended to be, a format for developers to write
> specifications in.
First of all using the ant plugin is against "Best pratices", so for me
and from this point, why critisize something when you are doing it the
wrong way ?
>
> Let's take a look at the most obvious of the problems in the above:
>
> <property name="gh-pages-dir"
> location=""/> <exec executable="git" dir="${gh-pages-dir}">
> <arg line="add ."/>
> </exec>
> <exec executable="git"
> dir="${gh-pages-dir}"> <arg line="commit"/>
> </exec>
> <exec executable="git"
> dir="${gh-pages-dir}"> <arg line="push origin gh-pages"/>
> </exec>
>
> Now, I'm still very new to maven, but it strikes me that what the
> above is saying is (in Pythonic code, but feel free to convert to
> your own):
>
> import git
> gh-pages-dir = ""
> git(dir=gh-pages-dir, "add .")
> git(dir=gh-pages-dir, "commit")
> git(dir=gh-pages-dir, "push origin gh-pages")
>
> I'm sure there are errors in the translation--but I'm equally sure
> that if these errors were corrected, they would not substantially
> alter the ratio of XML to Pythonic code. Ruby and even Perl would do
> just as well.
>
but if it is so simple as you say, you should be able to write your
simply code without any doubt...
> So here's a challenge to the (very intelligent) folks at apache. Open
> your minds to the fact that XML is not only the Final Solution, but
> isn't even close to the best solution, and start producing some
> products that are configurable without an entire manual in front of
> oneself. I realize that arriving at an optimal solution is not really
> possible, but XML is so suboptimal as to beggar belief.
>
> I am just so sick of using crappy "solutions" (read: XML) layered
> over top of what could be good solutions.
>
Yes crappy is the right world, I sujjest you to go back to MakeFile, no
xml, no convention, just... CRAP :)
> Sorry, had to vent. Who knows, maybe it'll do some good?
And you feel better now ?
>
> Ken McDonald
>
>
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