On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 17:52, Brett Porter wrote: > > > Except that there are two setup steps now instead of one. > > > > Sorry I'm missing something, what are the two setups? > > Need to checkout maven, then maven-plugins, then set the properties > appropriately if you didn't use the defaults.
Yes, you have to check out both modules but the properties should never change. If you are diddling with the properties we have laid out then people are on their own. It's a bootstrap and there should only be one way to do it. > > No, as part of the bootstrap you have to check out modules. > > It really isn't that arduous a task and it is the bootstrap. > > I agree, its not that hard - it just reminds me a little of the tomcat 4 > build and that makes me cringe automatically :) I've always done it myself, I'm not particularly fussed by it. Maybe the tomcat 4 build is exceptionally narly. Don't use tomcat so I don't know :-) > > A Maven source distribution? Why do we need that? > > People can either bootstrap using whatever we tell them to do > > or use the binaries we build. We've never made a source > > distribution I don't see why we would start now. > > I can think of some reasons, but none of them really apply now, but to the > components. I don't think any user has actually requested one which is why it never crossed my mind but even if someone did I probably wouldn't want it done. > There's nothing seriously wrong with the new setup, and I prefer it to how > it was. Something just makes me feel a little uneasy, like we are going to > get a lot of people complaining it doesn't work... Primarily it's ease for us and I myself am much happier having them separated. If users find it hard to bootstrap then tough shit don't bootstrap and use the binaries. If they can't wait and want to bootstrap then they will figure it out. It's unfortunate that Maven has been used so much from CVS HEAD but the bootstrap is still developer domain. If you wanna bootstrap you better grow some patience > - Brett -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
