On 16 April 2013 16:11, Mark H. Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 09:48:35PM +0100, Stephen Connolly wrote: > [snip] > > The reality is that the true goal of the Maven Way™ is that your pom > should > > be as close as possible to the following > > > > <project> > > <groupId>...</groupId> > > <artifactId>...</artifactId> > > <version>...</version> > > <packaging>...</packaging> > > <dependencies> > > ... > > </dependencies> > > </project> > > > > Every line you add to the above is moving further from the Maven Way™ > > Brilliant. The above describes what the project *is*. The more you > have to tinker with plugins and the like, the more likely you are > describing *how the project should be built*. But if I have > understood the situation, Maven exists to figure out *how* after you > have told it *what*. >
Yep, exactly! > > -- > Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [email protected] > Machines should not be friendly. Machines should be obedient. >
