We all agree that it is really a matter of taste. That's precisely why
Maven *should* support another theme.
I definitly agree that whether attributes are more readable or not is
arguable (at best) - but why not keep both camps happy? :) (if the
costs are reasonable of course)
On 12/17/05, Alexandre Poitras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A simple XSLT stylesheet would do the job there. You don't need maven
> to support this format.
>
> On 12/17/05, Thomas Van de Velde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > -1
> >
> > I agree with Brett. This is a matter of taste. My taste goes towards the
> > existing solution. Writing everything on a single line may even become less
> > readable. Have you ever tried to read an Eclipse .classpath file? You can
> > hardly say that's more readeable. I also think that mixing attributes with
> > elements is in this case a bad idea and would hurt overall consistency.
> >
> > On 12/17/05, Srepfler Srgjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >If your sole concern is the number of lines one must type, it is
> > > >certainly an option to have meta-pom.xml be in the format you find most
> > > >comfortable, then xslt it into the "more verbose" m2 pom.xml.
> > > >
> > > >This argument of attributes versus elements has existed since the dawn
> > > >of [xml] time. I am not trying to argue one way or the other, but since
> > > >m1 pom used the "more verbose" syntax, it eases the transition.
> > > >
> > > > My USD$0.02,
> > > > -- /v\atthew
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > In fact people should develop a plugin that maps the simplified and
> > > verbose schemas on the fly :)
> > > The advantage of using namespaces is that you can create a your tag and
> > > map it to the verbose tag from the official pom.
> > > That's the way I've seen the spring guys use it for now but the
> > > advantage that I see is that in could be much easier to extend the pom
> > > and it would be more "type safe"
> > >
> > > My 0.02MKD
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