Ron- You interested in a couple hours of contract work. I would happily pay you to help me through this?
-ryan On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Ron Wheeler [via Maven] < [email protected]> wrote: > On 01/03/2012 2:43 PM, offbyone wrote: > > > Ok so I should create a base pom with a war configuration and then a > separate > > pom for each site that depends on this with overlays to add the extra > > configuration file. > > I will try. > > > > If I am interpreting your comments correctly, profiles allow for a user > to > > flaten a maven build deployment, but this is a bad practice and it is > better > > to make your maven structure deep. > > > > So are profiles going to be deprecated? I would think I am not alone > in > > getting turned down the wrong path because most of the > documentation/howtos > > I have found point to using profiles. > There are some uses for profiles that seem harmless so it is a > documentation issue. > > It is fairly common in Apache documentation for the programmers to make > a big deal about all the wonderful things that the package can do. > They are not particularly concerned about "Best Practices". > > The most common usage is often left out of the documentation since it is > "dull" or not very impressive. > This sometimes means that obscure usage of features or seldom used > features are heavily documented while the main use case is not described. > > New Maven users often fall into the trap that you were headed into. > > A really simple "Best Practice" that most people use, is hard to find in > the documentation while an obscure "Worst Practice" is described because > it shows how clever the software developers are and how powerful the > product is. > > There should be a "Best Practice" section on the Maven site describing > the best way to implement the common software development patterns. > > There are not really a lot of cases to consider but every new Maven user > has to sort out their own case. > > Ron > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/using-build-profiles-for-WAR-plugin-tp5525954p5528994.html > > > Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5529204&i=0> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5529204&i=1> > > > > > > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: [hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5529204&i=2> > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5529204&i=3> > For additional commands, e-mail: [hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5529204&i=4> > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/using-build-profiles-for-WAR-plugin-tp5525954p5529204.html > To unsubscribe from using build profiles for WAR plugin, click > here<http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=5525954&code=cnlhbkBpcmlkaXVtc3VpdGUuY29tfDU1MjU5NTR8NzI4MTgyOTE0> > . > NAML<http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- View this message in context: http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/using-build-profiles-for-WAR-plugin-tp5525954p5529755.html Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
