Again a voice from the Maven sidelines: Maven 2.x is becoming increasingly fossilized. The Maven PMC now plans to release a 3.1 pretty soon. If anyone feels that there are people marooned in a 2.x environment who must build the source, it would be good to speak up.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't take my comment as shooting you down, but more as me raising my > opinion of dissent. I don't want my lack of stated opinion to be taken as > agreeing with your opinion; so, I stated opinion. :) > > If there are concerns/reasons which exist about only being compatible with >>=maven-3.0, I encourage them to be brought up and the community can decide > whether or not they are of greater concern. However, none that have been > raised so far hold enough weight to concern me. > > > On 11/20/2012 3:48 PM, David Medinets wrote: >> >> I won't pursue this issue, I just wanted to raise the concern. >> >> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> IMO, given that only developers really need to build Accumulo, it doesn't >>> seem like a big issue to require Maven3. >>> >>> On 11/20/12 2:16 PM, David Medinets wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I would also caution about Maven 3 because some organizations might >>>> not have approved it for use while maven 2 has been approved. Using >>>> maven 3 would reduce the 'audience' for the software. >>> >>> >>> >
