Very much appreciation guys for the thoughtful words and opinions here. Sounds like we’re sticking with Maven. :-)
I hope everyone is doing well these days. Cheers, -Rob > On Jul 17, 2020, at 4:24 AM, Thomas Vandahl <t...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 17.07.20 10:13, Claude Warren wrote: >> -1 from me. I have a philosophical objection. > > Same here: -1 > >> Much like HTTP's mod_rewrite[1] gradle's greatest strength is that it >> allows the developer to do so much in so many ways. But its greatest >> weakness is that it allows the developer to do so much in so many ways. >> >> My experience with Ant and Gradle is that in a fairly short period of time >> the build scripts become so complex that it takes a development team just >> to maintain them. >> >> The greatest strength of Maven is that it requires developers to seriously >> work to do things outside of the "Maven way". But its greatest weakness is >> that developers have to seriously work to do things outside of the "Maven >> way". >> >> My experience with Maven is that if the developer wants to do something >> outside of the "Maven way" it is difficult, but it also forces the >> developer to think about what they are doing. > > Very well put. The "Maven way" is a concept that makes it easy for new > people to understand how a project is structured. If you know how a > Maven project works in principle, you can understand all others. This is > one of the greatest strengths of Maven IMO. > >> With respect to this project, it is my opinion that we do not want to >> create a build system that is so complex that it becomes difficult for the >> uninitiated developer to contribute to the project. > > Couldn't agree more. > > Bye, Thomas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
