Hi Warner I used reactor for two projects (one small and one big) and hit IMHO a few limitations
+) as far as I know it is not possible to inherit JAR files (B7) but I might be wrong (there was a posting) +) It is not possible to inherit project.properties and build.properties from the master project +) Reactor use its own working directory and screws up my testcase since the try to load test resources using a relative path +) CheckStyle does not find its property file during a reactor build +) With 50+ subprojects I have memory problems Therefore I'm triggering my builds not with reactor but still using POM inheritance and POM interpolation .... and wait for the next release ... :-) Siegfried Goeschl CTO ================================= IT20one GmbH mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: +43-1-9900046 fax: +43-1-52 37 888 www.it20one.at On 9 Dec 2002 at 19:08, Warner Onstine wrote: > Hi all, > I have project that is evolving and I was wondering if using reactor > will do what I want. > > Basically I have two modules in cvs - one for core and one for user > interface. > > The UI will have several sub-directories for each UI that can be used > with the core. ui - tapestry - web-ognl - cocoa ...etc. > > What I would like is to define a top-level project.xml and > project.properties which adds a dependency for the core jar and any > other necessary jars. I would also like to define a top-level > maven.xml so that whoever builds can either build all of the ui > components or individual ones. > > So far, from what I see, this is doable. Now, here's the question: > Would it be beneficial to use reactor? Or would it be better to write > my own maven.xml. > > -warner > > +warner onstine+ > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For > additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
