> Hi Wayne - that seems a very inefficient approach, having 5 or 6 separate 
> modules to
> manage to achieve a single assembly. The point is that maven does have phases,
> goals, lifecycles - why not use them? The MavenProject object already 
> provides the

Not saying this is ideal for all scenarios. Just saying it is one
solution that works out of the box and it leaves the door open for
customization you may need along the way. People here oftentimes say
they "just want to do X" and so we provide some advice. Then they come
back a week later and say well actually they need variants of X for
different clients, environments, architectures, etc so they share how
they've been going down the path of profiles which most of us here
believe is the wrong way to do things. I'm just trying to ensure you
know TMTOWTDI (perl-ism). :)

> ...I think dividing the construction of a single atomic component into 
> multiple modules
> because the plugins cannot be chained together is more unappealing.

I don't disagree. As I said, this is based on my assumption (perhaps
wrong) that you have left a great many details out of your original
query, and the next few emails will describe a monstrous beast you
have created with profiles and binding plugins to various lifecycles
etc in an effort to do "all the work" in a single project/module. ;-)

> BTW I haven't touched Ant in at least 6 years, so I doubt I'm an 
> "Ant-oriented person".  :-)

Didn't mean you were necessarily Ant-oriented. I know you've released
some Maven plugins lately. Thanks for your work in the Maven
ecosystem! :)

Wayne

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