From: "Nicola Ken Barozzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Vincent Massol wrote:
>
> > Look. I think we are talking about the same thing. Except that in Maven
> > case there is no need for a build.xml file at all. However, it is
> > certainly needed for more complex builds (which is the reason for our
> > maven.xml). In addition, Jelly let's us access easily the XML POM.
> >
> > [snip]
>
> Exactly :-)
>
> We attain the same goals from different perspectives, with different
> approaches.

I'm not sure Maven and Centipede even have the same goals. Certainly they
seem similar but maybe the different approaches actually highlight different
goals.


> Since James tried to explain why he thinks using Jelly up front is
> better, I explained why we think it's not necessarily needed.

I never tried to imply that Jelly was better than Ant. I just was trying to
answer Glen's initial question which was...

>> I'd be interested in learning more about what problems you believe Jelly
>> solves that Ant was unable to.

For what Maven is trying to do we've so far found Jelly to be a cleaner
solution.


> I really don't /know/ what is the best, since we are both in new
> territory, it's our best guess  ;-)
>
> But it seems we are really gaining from each other, even if sometimes
> we are not aware of it.  :-)

Agreed.

James


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