To aid the decision how to add maven support to empire-db, I'll list the
merits and problems of the two steps as I see them. Francis, if you have
additions or if you disagree, please correct me.
Step 1: Provide a pom and upload it pluus the jars into the public maven
repository
provides: Read access to empire-db via maven. In Detail: All users which
use maven to build their projects can pull the artifacts "the usual way"
by defining a dependency in their projects
problems
- the pom needs to be edited manually with each release.
- the upload into the repository needs to be done manually each release.
- testing the uploaded pom and jars would involve an extra step in the
release
Step 2: use maven as a build System
provides: solves the problems in step 1
problems:
- the committers would have to learn a new build system.
- this would involve reorganisation of the project structure in svn.
This is not an advice, just providing information for the committers
to base their decision on.
regards,
Thomas
