On Wednesday, 4 June 2014, Paul Benedict <[email protected]> wrote:
> I, myself, have also found the lack of ordered plugin execution to be > wanting. Stephen does have a point: complex behavior is likely be better > encapsulated in a new plugin. I don't disagree, but that route can be steep > and I don't want to be detoured into always writing a new plugin. Many > times such behavior can be emulated simply by aggregating the use of > plugins in an ordered fashion. For example, one plugin executes a SQL > script to setup a database, the next plugin executes a Java program to > populate the database according to logic. Ahem http://flywaydb.org I've tried that before and can't > because such plugin ordering doesn't exist. So if there is an easy way to > bring this minor enhancement to the Maven community, in 3.x, I think we > should. > > > Cheers, > Paul > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Ron Wheeler < > [email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > "We are not a cult." > > If we already have a "we", we are half way there! > > Just short a charismatic leader and a "Book of the Way". > > > > Ron > > > > On 04/06/2014 3:22 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: > > > >> On Jun 4, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Stephen Connolly < > >> [email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > >> > >> That's usually a sign that you have wandered off The Maven Way™ > >>> > >>> No it's not. They have valid points and the implementation is > deficient > >> in this regard. Everything that's presently here is not immutable. > Calling > >> it "The Maven Way" doesn't make it usable or without flaws. I'm not even > >> sure where this saying came from but we're not a cult. > >> > >> There are ways back onto the blessed path... they typically involve > >>> writing > >>> a plugin > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >> > >> Jason > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------- > >> Jason van Zyl > >> Founder, Apache Maven > >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > >> http://twitter.com/takari_io > >> --------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I > have > >> no respect. > >> > >> -- Edward Gibbon > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Ron Wheeler > > President > > Artifact Software Inc > > email: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > skype: ronaldmwheeler > > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > <javascript:;> > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > <javascript:;> > > > > > -- Sent from my phone
