I think, that problem with conditional dependencies/compilation could be solved using "Maven profiles", so user could use them when working with code
P.S. License for Livelink & Documentum allows their inclusion into open source projects, so their could be distributed? On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Karl Wright <daddy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Part of the problem, for me, is learning what the issues are with > Maven that maven developers will find problematic. > > One of the problems we're going to have is that the Maven central > repository simply cannot provide the proprietary building materials > for the connectors that need them, for instance Livelink and > Documentum. These materials will always need to be pushed into a > local repository, and it is also true that conditional compilation > will also always be required, since any one builder will not have > access to all proprietary libraries. Anyone have a good Maven > solution to that? > > Karl > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:52 AM, Alex Ott <alex...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Tommaso Teofili >> <tommaso.teof...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> (2) I'm not sure it is reasonable to go with one build system over >>>> another. Lucene/Solr has been having this battle for years. I >>>> thought we might just learn from that experience and try to be more >>>> flexible. There are excellent technical reasons to have each - for >>>> instance, building Debian packages works much better with Ant, and >>>> Eclipse works much better with Maven. >>>> >>> >>> I don't like "wars" as well about which one *is* better, maybe it's just a >>> matter of use case and personal preferences. >>> However I like what you say about trying to be more flexible so I am +1 to >>> your position. >>> I have some experience with Maven so let me know if you need my help in >>> tweaking that part of the build. >> >> I also have some experience with Maven, and I'm interested in MCF's >> development, so I can try to fix some problems. The first thing, that >> should be achieved - building with Maven out of box, without manual >> work (or at least with minimum of it). >> >> -- >> With best wishes, Alex Ott >> http://alexott.net/ >> Tiwtter: alexott_en (English), alexott (Russian) >> Skype: alex.ott >> > -- With best wishes, Alex Ott http://alexott.net/ Tiwtter: alexott_en (English), alexott (Russian) Skype: alex.ott
