Ben Walding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/10/2002 12:33:51 PM: > In all likelihood, people migrating to Maven have been using Ant. Yip.
[snip] > I'd like to suggest a separate offshoot of the FAQ which would be a > migration from Ant FAQ. With reams of information showing ways to > convert parts of your build from ant to maven. +1. > Some of the things I can think of straight off the bat. > > * Terminology differences (build.xml vs. maven.xml / project.xml) and philosophical differences - the do it all yourself vs use a standardised process. > * Why you'd want to use Maven over Ant. The front page goes on about > "Project Comprehension" which is good and all, but the fact that maven > can do in 0 lines what ant takes 50 lines to do for a simple project is > a big selling point in my opinion (provided you use the default > directory structure). Or are willing to read the slim docs and source :) > * Why you'd want to use Ant over Maven. > * Launching an ant script from Maven. For those things that just don't > convert / don't make sense to convert. > * Copying a file and replacing properties on the way through > * Writing a dependant task (pregoalling I think it's called) / postgoalling > > > Now I'll do a draft xdoc (and maintain it) for this (if there is > interest), and I'll try and cull answers from the mailing list to cover > off new things as they come up. I realise that the answers to these > questions aren't necessarily Ant specific, but that can be taken care of > by judicious hyperlinking . > Any comments? This would be an excellent piece of documentation for us to have. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
