Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-15 Thread sebb
On 13 December 2014 at 18:22, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
 Just file an JIRA if something doesn't work and you are done.

Not sure what you are referring to there, but if it was my comments
about ASF pom bugs, I did file bugs, but as I recall, nothing happened
for over a year.


 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons)
 This is totally non-ASF style. Just use the standard stuff like every other 
 ASF project and you are again done.

That's all well and good, but if the output is not correct (as it was
not) then that is not helpful.


 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.To me'not fixing anything' would mean that all the apache-parent 
 releases would be useless?

 Or you just did not check it?

Again, not sure what this is responding to.


 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 The rule is straight forward. If you provide your own one then it will be 
 used. If not, then a standard one will be packaged.


 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 And that would be? Most of the stuff is taken over from the old ant builds 
 and nowadays do not reflect reality anymore.


Standard reports
Standard Manifest settings
Mailing list names
NL files in test  javadoc jars
Enforcer
Fixing bug in Felix
Standardise JIRA and changes report
etc.

As I already wrote, there is a lot of common Commons stuff that needs
to go somewhere.
It cannot go in the ASF pom.

Then there are utility optional profiles:
- jacoco
- cobertura
- java-1.x - allows build/test with different Java from default used
to run Maven
- test-deploy
- release-notes

Of course all of these could be deployed in component poms on an
as-needed basis.
But that rather goes against the spirit of re-usable code.


 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.
 what more than testng OR junit (depending on the project) + maybe mock tools 
 do you need?


Not Unit testing - see above.


 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?
 Well, most of todays projects are multi-module ones.

That is not true of Commons.
Which is probably why there are some issues with such components.

 And this works perfectly fine with the ASF parent pom.


Are you sure?
Have you checked that all the generated artifacts are complete?

The Commons Parent pom is intended to abstract common functions which
would otherwise be needed in all Commons components.
If there are aspects of it that are not working, file JIRAs that
clearly state what the problem is:
- what you tried
- what happened
- what you expected to happen



 LieGrue,
 strub




 On Saturday, 13 December 2014, 18:41, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote:
  On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
  Hi!

  I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to
 release.
  This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part of
 it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.

 Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
 are needed.
 This is true whatever the parent pom is used.

 It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
 adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
 to coax it to do what's needed.


  I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom.
 I've NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it.
 It's really much more solid than our own one.

 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.
 For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
 and there were a few other issues with it.

 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.

 And it does not create decent manifests.

 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 That is not an efficient way of proceeding.

 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.

 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?

 Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
 for any problems and/or try fixing them.


  LieGrue,
  strub

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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-14 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hello,

I've released [lang] a couple of times and have not experienced such
issues. Maybe we can meet in IRC and try to sort out the things together?

2014-12-13 19:22 GMT+01:00 Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de:

 Just file an JIRA if something doesn't work and you are done.


  Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
  release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons)
 This is totally non-ASF style. Just use the standard stuff like every
 other ASF project and you are again done.


I don't understand this. Can you explain this some more?

Benedikt




  Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
  any fixes.To me'not fixing anything' would mean that all the
 apache-parent releases would be useless?

 Or you just did not check it?


  There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
  automatically created ones are not always correct.
 The rule is straight forward. If you provide your own one then it will be
 used. If not, then a standard one will be packaged.


  The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
  have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 And that would be? Most of the stuff is taken over from the old ant builds
 and nowadays do not reflect reality anymore.


  There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
  pom which are useful for testing.
 what more than testng OR junit (depending on the project) + maybe mock
 tools do you need?


  I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
  I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?
 Well, most of todays projects are multi-module ones. And this works
 perfectly fine with the ASF parent pom.



 LieGrue,
 strub




  On Saturday, 13 December 2014, 18:41, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote:
   On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
   Hi!
 
   I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to
  release.
   This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big
 part of
  it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.
 
  Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
  Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
  release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
  are needed.
  This is true whatever the parent pom is used.
 
  It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
  adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
  to coax it to do what's needed.
 
 
   I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom.
  I've NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with
 it.
  It's really much more solid than our own one.
 
  Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
  any fixes.
  For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
  and there were a few other issues with it.
 
  There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
  automatically created ones are not always correct.
  I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.
 
  And it does not create decent manifests.
 
  The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
  have to be added to each component's parent pom.
  That is not an efficient way of proceeding.
 
  There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
  pom which are useful for testing.
 
  I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
  I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?
 
  Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
  for any problems and/or try fixing them.
 
 
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   strub
 
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commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread Mark Struberg
Hi!

I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to release.
This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part of it 
is that we don't have a mature parent pom. 


I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. I've NEVER 
experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. It's really 
much more solid than our own one.

LieGrue,
strub

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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread sebb
On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
 Hi!

 I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to release.
 This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part of it 
 is that we don't have a mature parent pom.

Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
are needed.
This is true whatever the parent pom is used.

It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
to coax it to do what's needed.


 I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. I've NEVER 
 experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. It's really 
 much more solid than our own one.

Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
any fixes.
For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
and there were a few other issues with it.

There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
automatically created ones are not always correct.
I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.

And it does not create decent manifests.

The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
have to be added to each component's parent pom.
That is not an efficient way of proceeding.

There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
pom which are useful for testing.

I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?

Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
for any problems and/or try fixing them.

 LieGrue,
 strub

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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread Romain Manni-Bucau
At least some skip should be removed since it breaks apache parent behavior.
Le 13 déc. 2014 18:42, sebb seb...@gmail.com a écrit :

 On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
  Hi!
 
  I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to
 release.
  This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part
 of it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.

 Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
 are needed.
 This is true whatever the parent pom is used.

 It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
 adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
 to coax it to do what's needed.

 
  I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. I've
 NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. It's
 really much more solid than our own one.

 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.
 For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
 and there were a few other issues with it.

 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.

 And it does not create decent manifests.

 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 That is not an efficient way of proceeding.

 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.

 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?

 Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
 for any problems and/or try fixing them.

  LieGrue,
  strub
 
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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread sebb
On 13 December 2014 at 17:51, Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibu...@gmail.com wrote:
 At least some skip should be removed since it breaks apache parent behavior.

No idea what you mean here - if you think there is a bug, file a JIRA issue.

 Le 13 déc. 2014 18:42, sebb seb...@gmail.com a écrit :

 On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
  Hi!
 
  I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to
 release.
  This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part
 of it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.

 Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
 are needed.
 This is true whatever the parent pom is used.

 It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
 adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
 to coax it to do what's needed.

 
  I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. I've
 NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. It's
 really much more solid than our own one.

 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.
 For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
 and there were a few other issues with it.

 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.

 And it does not create decent manifests.

 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 That is not an efficient way of proceeding.

 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.

 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?

 Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
 for any problems and/or try fixing them.

  LieGrue,
  strub
 
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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread Romain Manni-Bucau
@Sebb: when trying to release jcs I had a lot of trouble just because
[commons] parent pom doesn't follow asf rules (remote resource plugin
is deactivated where it is correct in apache pom for instance)


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2014-12-13 18:56 GMT+01:00 sebb seb...@gmail.com:
 On 13 December 2014 at 17:51, Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibu...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 At least some skip should be removed since it breaks apache parent behavior.

 No idea what you mean here - if you think there is a bug, file a JIRA issue.

 Le 13 déc. 2014 18:42, sebb seb...@gmail.com a écrit :

 On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
  Hi!
 
  I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to
 release.
  This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part
 of it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.

 Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
 are needed.
 This is true whatever the parent pom is used.

 It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
 adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
 to coax it to do what's needed.

 
  I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. I've
 NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. It's
 really much more solid than our own one.

 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.
 For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
 and there were a few other issues with it.

 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.

 And it does not create decent manifests.

 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 That is not an efficient way of proceeding.

 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.

 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?

 Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
 for any problems and/or try fixing them.

  LieGrue,
  strub
 
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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread sebb
File a JIRA with exact details.

On 13 December 2014 at 18:03, Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibu...@gmail.com wrote:
 @Sebb: when trying to release jcs I had a lot of trouble just because
 [commons] parent pom doesn't follow asf rules (remote resource plugin
 is deactivated where it is correct in apache pom for instance)


 Romain Manni-Bucau
 @rmannibucau
 http://www.tomitribe.com
 http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com
 https://github.com/rmannibucau


 2014-12-13 18:56 GMT+01:00 sebb seb...@gmail.com:
 On 13 December 2014 at 17:51, Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibu...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 At least some skip should be removed since it breaks apache parent behavior.

 No idea what you mean here - if you think there is a bug, file a JIRA issue.

 Le 13 déc. 2014 18:42, sebb seb...@gmail.com a écrit :

 On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
  Hi!
 
  I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to
 release.
  This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part
 of it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.

 Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
 are needed.
 This is true whatever the parent pom is used.

 It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
 adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
 to coax it to do what's needed.

 
  I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. I've
 NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. It's
 really much more solid than our own one.

 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.
 For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
 and there were a few other issues with it.

 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.

 And it does not create decent manifests.

 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 That is not an efficient way of proceeding.

 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.

 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?

 Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
 for any problems and/or try fixing them.

  LieGrue,
  strub
 
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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread Romain Manni-Bucau
done https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMMONSSITE-79


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2014-12-13 19:13 GMT+01:00 sebb seb...@gmail.com:
 File a JIRA with exact details.

 On 13 December 2014 at 18:03, Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibu...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 @Sebb: when trying to release jcs I had a lot of trouble just because
 [commons] parent pom doesn't follow asf rules (remote resource plugin
 is deactivated where it is correct in apache pom for instance)


 Romain Manni-Bucau
 @rmannibucau
 http://www.tomitribe.com
 http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com
 https://github.com/rmannibucau


 2014-12-13 18:56 GMT+01:00 sebb seb...@gmail.com:
 On 13 December 2014 at 17:51, Romain Manni-Bucau rmannibu...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 At least some skip should be removed since it breaks apache parent 
 behavior.

 No idea what you mean here - if you think there is a bug, file a JIRA issue.

 Le 13 déc. 2014 18:42, sebb seb...@gmail.com a écrit :

 On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
  Hi!
 
  I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to
 release.
  This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part
 of it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.

 Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
 are needed.
 This is true whatever the parent pom is used.

 It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
 adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
 to coax it to do what's needed.

 
  I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. I've
 NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. 
 It's
 really much more solid than our own one.

 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.
 For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
 and there were a few other issues with it.

 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.

 And it does not create decent manifests.

 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 That is not an efficient way of proceeding.

 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.

 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?

 Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
 for any problems and/or try fixing them.

  LieGrue,
  strub
 
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Re: commons-parent maven pom highly broken?

2014-12-13 Thread Mark Struberg
Just file an JIRA if something doesn't work and you are done. 


 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons)
This is totally non-ASF style. Just use the standard stuff like every other ASF 
project and you are again done.


 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.To me'not fixing anything' would mean that all the apache-parent 
 releases would be useless?

Or you just did not check it?


 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
The rule is straight forward. If you provide your own one then it will be used. 
If not, then a standard one will be packaged.


 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
And that would be? Most of the stuff is taken over from the old ant builds and 
nowadays do not reflect reality anymore.


 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.
what more than testng OR junit (depending on the project) + maybe mock tools do 
you need?


 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?
Well, most of todays projects are multi-module ones. And this works perfectly 
fine with the ASF parent pom.



LieGrue,
strub




 On Saturday, 13 December 2014, 18:41, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote:
  On 13 December 2014 at 12:26, Mark Struberg strub...@yahoo.de wrote:
  Hi!
 
  I've never seen any other ASF project where it is such a torture to 
 release.
  This is partly because the quality level is really high, but a big part of 
 it is that we don't have a mature parent pom.
 
 Sorry, but I don't think that is at all relevant.
 Releasing is tedious because Maven does not really support non-Maven
 release directories (i.e. www.apache.org/dist/commons) so work-rounds
 are needed.
 This is true whatever the parent pom is used.
 
 It's partly also that Maven does some things well, but when
 adjustments are needed, it can be all but impossible to work out how
 to coax it to do what's needed.
 
 
  I have no clue why we don't just use the common apache parent pom. 
 I've NEVER experienced such issues like missing NOTICE and LICENSE with it. 
 It's really much more solid than our own one.
 
 Until very recently the ASF parent pom was broken, and with no sign of
 any fixes.
 For example, it did not allow override of the compiler plugin version,
 and there were a few other issues with it.
 
 There are stil issues with LICENSE and NOTICE, because the
 automatically created ones are not always correct.
 I'm not sure it creates the appropriate source and javadoc jars either.
 
 And it does not create decent manifests.
 
 The Commons Pom includes a lot of common setup that would otherwise
 have to be added to each component's parent pom.
 That is not an efficient way of proceeding.
 
 There are various other additional optional features in the Commons
 pom which are useful for testing.
 
 I think the CP pom works fine for single module projects.
 I'm not sure about multimodule projects, but is the ASF pom any better?
 
 Rather than raise unsubstantiated criticisms of the CP pom, file bugs
 for any problems and/or try fixing them.
 
 
  LieGrue,
  strub
 
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