very well said! I thinnk this kind ot mail would be totally ok in a commercial and expensive support forum of a build system, but definetly not an open source one.
I also think documentation is a strong - in maven, but that's why I've tried to help on it a little, contributing is the way, On 1/18/06, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can choose: > - using it with the documentation it has > - create your own system and document it to the extent you want > > just good luck if you choose second option ;) > > On 1/18/06, Nanamura, Roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there any way to improve all the documentation for the Maven. > > > > I will not use Maven anymore since there are a bunch of thing missing > > from the documentation (and a lot of things do not work like the J2EE > > archetype which is nowhere to be find and I am not the only one to > > complain about it). > > > > It is good for a simple project (then again, why should I need maven for > > a simple Hello World project?). But if you add a J2EE layer or other > > components, it simpy does not have document (for example no document for > > the topic: "Guide to creating a multi-module build"). Then how should I > > create a multi-project maven? What is this artifactId and groupID? What > > the hell it keeps on going to the repo1.maven.org repository for my > > sub-projects? What are the examples? No samples? > > > > The reference is a joke. How can a reference be so laconious? It is a > > reference so every tag in the XML must have a good description (even the > > description in the generated xml is better than the reference!). > > > > I do not recommend Maven to anyone starting a serious project for lack > > of documentation and erroneous documentation. > > > > I spent the whole day try to make it work for a simple J2EE project, > > then I had to google it several times for each error (it should be in > > the document web-site). > > Whereas I would take one hour to create the directories, my build and > > deployment ant targets. > > > > Thanks but I'd rather do not use it, > > > > Roberto > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Miguel Griffa Skype: miguel.griffa Y!: m_griffa MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 54-911-62519355
