On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 10:12 +0200, Michael Wechner wrote: > Bob Harner wrote: > > > > >> > >> > >> [1] http://incubator.apache.org/ivy/ > >> > >> [2] http://incubator.apache.org/ivy/doc.html > >> -- > >> Thorsten Scherler thorsten.at.apache.org > >> Open Source Java consulting, training and solutions > > > > > > Aren't you concerned that Ivy is too "young", has too few developers > > supporting it, and that it is still in incubator status? It seems a > > little risky. > > > I have made very good experiences with the Maven ant libs > (ant+mavem-ant-lib) and am using this, because I have trouble using > maven itself, but very much like the dependency management functionality > of maven. > > I guess Ivy is just this in a more "formal" or enhanced way and I could > imagine that it would make great sense for lenya, whereas I have no > experience with Ivy though. > > Also you might want to read > > http://xhab.blogspot.com/2006/09/antivy-vs-maven-my-biased-opinion.html
The article perfectly express why I personally prefer ant+ivy instead maven. One trivial example are properties files that totally rock with ant. In maven there you cannot define x different files you have to do it the maven way (or the highway). I used maven in some project but not really like it. The only part I always missed (not using maven) was the dependency management. Ivy is concentrating on this dependency management and not forcing me to apply the maven project structure. In the end maven vs. ivy+ant is a very personal choice. salu2 -- Thorsten Scherler thorsten.at.apache.org Open Source Java consulting, training and solutions --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
