Congratulations ! The announcement looks very good. If I did not already know Maven, I would go check it right away ! :-)
-Vincent > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason van Zyl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 August 2002 01:38 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Maven Beta 5 hits the pavement! > > The Maven team is pleased to announce the Beta 5 release! > > http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/maven/ > > Maven is a Java project management and project comprehension tool. Maven > is based on the concept of a project object model (POM) in that all the > artifacts produced by Maven are a result of consulting a well defined > model for your project. Builds, documentation, source metrics, and > source cross-references are all controlled by your POM. > > Maven has many goals, but in a nutshell Maven aims to make the > developer's life easier by providing a well defined project structure, > well defined development processes to follow, and a coherent body of > documentation that keeps your developers and clients apprised of what's > happening with your project. Maven alleviates a lot of what most > developers consider drudgery and lets them get on with the task at hand. > This is essential in OSS projects where there aren't many people > dedicated to the task of documenting and propagating the critical > information about your project which is necessary in order to attract > potential new developers and clients. > > Changes in this version include: > > o Jelly is now used for all XML scripting instead of Ant build files > which still provides Ant semantics but provides greater flexibility in > processing your builds. > > o Plugins can now be packaged in JARs and dropped into your Maven > installation to add new functionality to your builds. > > o IBiblio is now being used as a primary Maven repository providing high > availability, reliability and bandwidth. > > o The bootstrap process will now work correctly behind a http proxy. > > o Gump integration is a lot closer to being reliable using the Gump > plug-in. > > o Vanilla Ant build files can be generated using the Ant plug-in. > > o The Reactor, which is a tool that allows you to process an arbitrary > set of projects, is in its first working form. There is a Reactor in the > Commons that will build all the Commons projects and generate an entire > site for the Commons. Workflow and scheduling will be added to the > Reactor for b6. > > You can find the Maven distributions here: > > http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/distributions/ > > -- > jvz. > > Jason van Zyl > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://tambora.zenplex.org > > In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational > and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. > > -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
