Martin, Il sab 24 nov 2018, 11:29 Martin Desruisseaux < martin.desruisse...@geomatys.com> ha scritto:
> I think differently. In Apache SIS for example, we maintain both a Maven > and Ant project. The root source code directory is a classical Maven > project with pom.xml file [1], but we also maintain a sub-directory with > NetBeans Ant project configuration [2]. The official project > configuration is the Maven one, but the Ant project configuration is > keep in sync and takes its dependencies directly from the > ~/.m2/repository directory. This means that the project needs to be > built with Maven once before we can use the Ant project. We do that for > the following reasons: > > * NetBeans Ant project builds faster. > * Application and debugging sessions start faster in NetBeans Ant > project. This is very convenient when we do a lot of "modify - test" > cycles. > * Allow to commit configurations that can not be done in Maven (header > license, hints, additional words for check speller). > * NetBeans Ant Jigsaw project configuration offers better > compatibility with Jigsaw (more on it below). > > A major issue is that since Jigsaw, Maven standard directory layout is > incompatible with java, javac and javadoc "--module-path" option, which > is making me look for alternatives (Gradle?). I describe the issue at > [3]. I would like to try changes in maven-compiler, maven-javadoc, > maven-jar and maven-deploy plugins for supporting Jigsaw, but did not > had the time to start yet. As far as I can see, I can not modularize my > projects the way I want with Maven at it stands today. > > I also feel more concerned about Maven standard directory layout not > only because of its incompatibility with Jigsaw module paths, but also > because it does not seem well suited to project mixing two or more > languages. For example in the given directory layout: > > * src/main/java > * src/main/cpp > * src/main/resources > Have you already shared your thoughts and needs with Apache Maven group ? Cheers Enrico > Does the resources applies to Java, to C++ or both? > > So Maven is a great tool, but its speed is not yet the same than the > NetBeans Ant project configuration (admittedly it may be improved with > time) and - more importantly - I think that the Maven standard directory > layout needs to be modified at least for Jigsaw compatibility, maybe for > better multi-language support. > > Regards, > > Martin > > [1] https://github.com/apache/sis > [2] > https://github.com/apache/sis/tree/master/ide-project/NetBeans/nbproject > [3] https://github.com/Geomatys/maven-plugins/wiki > > -- -- Enrico Olivelli
