On 9/27/07, Lally Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
> On 9/27/07, Alan D. Salewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I'm not suggesting that the maven 2.x 'install' build life cycle phase
> > be renamed at this point because maven is well-enough established that
> > doing so would be needlessly disruptive. But, thinking back to my
> > pre-maven-lobotomy days, it would have been nice if it did not violate
> > the principle of least surprise on this point. To the extent possible,
> > new approaches and new tools should leverage users' existing experience
> > as much as possible.
>
> Some aliases could be useful. Just have an alias called 'available'
> that maven translates to 'install'.
>
> Similarly, a command line option -t which translates to
> -Dmaven.test.skip=true :-)
Oh, I've got boatloads of aliases and wrapper scripts for maven (and
most other tools that have non-trivial invocation variations that I use
frequently, for that matter). I was just using the overloaded meaning of
'install' as an example of something that causes a needless impedence
mismatch for new maven users that are familiar with other widely used
tools.
-Al
P.S. Since I couldn't, in good conscience, keep contributing to
marginally topical branches of this thread without actually
contributing "real" content, I've added a new "Maven for Make and
GNU Autotools" users section to the "Getting Started with Maven"
wiki page:
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Getting+Started+with+Maven#GettingStartedwithMaven-MavenforMakeandGNUAutotoolsusers
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Software Developer
Health Market Science, Inc.
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