> -----Original Message----- > From: Rafal Krzewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 September 2003 14:29 > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: Core plugins? > > Vincent Massol wrote: > > I'd like to understand (I guess I should read the build script code). > > Could you please describe in more details why we would shoot ourselves > > in the foot? > > First off, you should watch closely the messages that show up during the > bootstrap. The last phase is "Building Maven with itself". You obviously > need plugins for that. And IMO you should not download the plugins in > binary form for that, because it would not be a bootstrap at all!
Why? You're making the assumption that the plugins are part of Maven core! However, if you consider that Maven core is not about the plugins, then, you don't care if the plugins come in binary form. Same as you don't want to build jelly from the source, right? > The current bootstrap process builds the plugins locally, installs > them into the local repository and uses them for the final phase of > bootstraping. > > You should bite into Maven's maven.xml and build-bootstrap.xml to get > the details of the proces. I never had a nerve to do it myslef :-) I might have to do so if everyone keeps telling me I'm off base... :-) Thanks -Vincent --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
