As a long-time Maven user: a big +1000 from me :) On Feb 10, 2008 11:34 AM, nicolas de loof <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > Maven detractors blam maven POM.xml to become huge XML files even for > simple tasks. > Considering the comparison with ant, the latest use XML attributes an few > XML elements, making tasks declaration consise. > > Could we introduce a new XML schema (for maven 2.1) to support simple > types > elements as attributes, maybe using namespaces : > > > <project> > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > > <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId> > <artifactId>my-project</artifactId> > <version>1.0</version> > </project> > > ... could be written : > > <project modelVersion="4.0.0" > groupId="org.codehaus.mojo" artifactId="my-project" version="1.0"> > </project> > > We could use namespaces to avoid colision in maven schemas, and > support a mix of elements and attributs : > > > > <project m2:groupId="org.codehaus.mojo" m2:artifactId="my-project" > m2:version="1.0"> > <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> > </project> > > > > The previous examples are just to fix the principle. Declaring > dependencies and plugins configuration could become really consice and > enhance readability. > > > > Nico. > -- Thanks, Arik Kfir.
