It's not an immediate help, but go back to your vendors and tell them you want maven integration. I know many of them are working on it but just like any product, customer demand can help drive it. I doubt the big guys were first in line with Ant either.
--Brian -----Original Message----- From: Marziou, Gael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:23 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: RE: Why Maven is Hard? I also think that Maven is hard because it has not been endorsed by large vendors like BEA. BEA WebLogic comes with a set of ant tasks and conventions like the "split directory" project structure. There is a WebLogic plugin on codehaus that encapsulates these ant tasks but using it is difficult because: - the split directory convention is far from Maven's conventions - the ant tasks (and so the Maven plugin) combine several phases of Maven's build lifecyle: generate-sources, compile, package So, when you try to mavenify a project that has been using these vendor tools and conventions for years, you're going to have a hard time especially because there's very few documentation available from people who went through this path before or only failure stories. I'd say that Maven is probably easier for projects based on open source tools and platforms. -- Gael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
