Given that Maven can conform to the directory layout I suggested (apparently with pom modifications, no plugins), I would *like* to see us use that directory if possible. If the team doesn't want that, then fine, I'll deal with it. But I'd like to hold a vote on it after people have had the ability to review it - it looks like a few folks are busy for the holidays and aren't able to chime in...
Cheers, Les On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]>wrote: > Les Hazlewood wrote: > >> Therein lies my #1 gripe about adopting Maven. The second you might want >> to >> do something that is not the Maven Way, you end up backed in a corner. >> > I see Maven as the "SAP for projects" : you'd better adapt to it, > otherwise, it will cost you much more to adapt Maven to fit your desires. > Where SAP is good is that it has been successfully adapted to ten of > thousands of enterprises, so they can't be totally wrong. So is Maven. A > last point is that if I have a problem with Maven, I have dozens of fellows > around me to help me. Add that you don't change a build system every single > day ... > > Enough for me to forget about my dislike for Maven. > >> I >> can't, in good conscience, ever vote in favor of a build system that >> doesn't >> offer flexibility should it be needed or desired. I would rather see a >> build system that builds by convention but allows overrides where you want >> it. >> >> > I vote for any build system which is stable, established in a couple of > hours, used, and documented. > >> I personally don't care what the casual builder of our framework wants to >> use or how they want things laid-out - they don't live in the source code >> on >> a regular basis. >> > We are talking about the project's developpers not the users. They are > using the jars, not the build. > >> I care about what the development team prefers. If >> others on the dev team vote for a directory structure that matches the >> Maven >> Way, then I will accept it. I however will not vote that way. >> >> But, I just did some googling: >> >> >> http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html >> >> "Please try to conform to this structure as much as possible; however, if >> you can't these settings can be overridden via the project descriptor." >> >> So, it appears that they are 'overridable'... >> >> > Yeah, but this is not the Maven way ... Otherwise, you fell back in the > 'Plugin writers' category, and trust me, this is not a funny place to be! > > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
