If you want all of m2eclipse with no build support you can already disable the m2e builder in the project properties. You will lose most of 3) as thats a huge part of the lifecycle integration. Decoupling the configuration of the project for initial setup from the incremental support would not be a small amount of work and likely wouldn't work very well. It's not something we're likely to do. But you're free to implement it and see if people like it. We see only one way working well, and we really only have time to pursue that.
On Aug 9, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Sanjeeb Sahoo wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 9, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Sanjeeb Sahoo wrote: > >> Let's say there are two kinds of users: >> a) Some who would like maven/ide plugin to be aware of the IDE build process >> and project output locations so that they can experience really fast >> edit/build/test cycle. >> >> b) Others who would like maven/ide plugin to delegate the build to maven >> completely. These users either don't face or don't care for the performance >> problem because of various reasons which are not important for this >> discussion. >> >> If m2e can provide an option to be configured to operate in mode #b, then >> neither group has to sacrifice. I will let m2e developers tell us how >> difficult it is to support this additional mode. >> > > If you want option b) then your use case is already supported. Use the > maven-eclipse-plugin to generate your eclipse files and then just do your > build with Maven configured as an external tool. Every time you make changes > to your POMs you just generate the Eclipse files again. > > Pl help me understand what features won't be available if I chose to go down > this path. > 1) Will I be able to create maven projects/modules using easy to use wizards > available today with m2e or m2eclipse? I guess not. Then it becomes a real > stopper. > 2) Will I be able to use the POM editor? > 3) Will my eclipse project be correctly configured with maven folder > structure such as src/main/webapp instead of WebContent for web artifacts. > 4) Will the IDE prompt to update the POM with new dependencies when I add new > import in my .java file? > > If answer to these are YES, then I think it's a viable option for #b. > > Thank you, > Sahoo > _______________________________________________ > m2e-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/m2e-users Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- To do two things at once is to do neither. -—Publilius Syrus, Roman slave, first century B.C.
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