Nice, I will start working on it in this branch: https://code.launchpad.net/~julien-nicoulaud/syncany/maven I will let you know when it's ready for testing.
2011/6/13 [email protected] <[email protected]> > I'm all for it, and it sounds a nice opportunity to learn more about maven. > > I will see what I can do about us having a repo so we can have cake and eat > it! > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Julien Nicoulaud < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Let me give the main reasons why I made this proposition: >> - Right now the project is quite difficult to setup in other IDEs than >> Netbeans (IntelliJ IDEA user here). Maven benefits of a great integration >> with most IDEs, so it makes it easier for developers to get started. >> - The Java libraries are checked in version control, which makes it very >> heavy. Maven pulls dependencies from repositories. >> - The packaging and distribution of assemblies is easy, we can easily >> package an assembly for Windows, Linux, for development, etc. through >> descriptor files. >> - The modularisation could be improved, for example it seems to me that >> subpackages in org.syncany.connection.plugins should be packaged in >> different Jars ? >> - Also, Maven can handle the release process (doing a VCS tag, generating >> the release artifacts, bump version numbers, etc), but it's not mandatory. >> >> @Jason: We don't really need a repo, I took a quick look and here is the >> list of dependencies in libs/** that I could not find in Maven central >> repository: >> * AbsoluteLayout >> * AppFramework >> * eclipselink >> * eclipselink-javax.persistence >> * jpathwatch >> * gdata-* >> * j2ssh >> These few jars could just stay checked in version control. >> >> Julien >> >> 2011/6/13 [email protected] <[email protected]> >> >> Maven is quite a treat. A lot of people are using it these days and has >>> great advantages. I am not a maven expert by any means, but I can tell you >>> that the nicest thing about it is that you describe a project and it's >>> dependanices in an xml file so that when you build it all the dependancies >>> are pulled from your nexus repo, which is just a smart-ish binary repo. >>> Also, when your project builds successfully your artifacts can be stored in >>> your repo as snapshots so that others can use them. >>> >>> The main idea of maven is that when a developer pulls the source there's >>> no guesswork as to how to build and deploy the project, it's all done with >>> maven. In doing so, the project has to adhere to certain standards, namely >>> how the files and folders are laid out which is defined in a maven archetype >>> and can even be changed if you want. >>> >>> This is why I asked if there was some sort of 'public' repo we could use, >>> since we're an open source project, because to take full advantage of maven >>> one needs a nexus repo, and I don't have one handy :) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Philipp Heckel < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have no experience with Maven or Ant. Are there any significant >>>> advantages in using Maven? Ant sort of integrated with Netbeans at the >>>> moment ... >>>> >>>> If there are none, I think I agree with what Jason (nocans) says :-) >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 1:59 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Aside from the work of rearranging files and folders to match an >>>> archetype, >>>> > I don't think it would be of a great benefit unless the project had >>>> its own >>>> > nexus server. >>>> > Is there some sort of free nexus server resource for open source >>>> projects ? >>>> > >>>> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Julien Nicoulaud >>>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Hi all, >>>> >> Just wanted to know, are you interested in Maven-inizing the project >>>> ? I >>>> >> can do this. >>>> >> Cheers, >>>> >> Julien >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team >>>> >> Post to : [email protected] >>>> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team >>>> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team >>>> > Post to : [email protected] >>>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~syncany-team >>>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>> >>> >> >
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