> > I've basically given up on Maven for the time being. My impression > > of the state of the project is that it should not be in beta, the > > quality is more like that of an alpha-status project. > Taken with the grain of salt it deserves.
I just recently switched to Maven and had many problems in the begining however in hind site the problems were mostly my fault. At first I jumped to conclusions often pointing the finger at Maven. I tried to be patient. I tried to be open to some of the new concepts it introduces. Maven is a natural progression from Ant and looking back I realized that I was extremely narrow minded in my criticism. There are reasons why Maven does what it does. It takes a bit of time to let these concepts sink in. Its very hard to unlearn things like the $prj.home/lib directory thing and storing versionless jars in CVS. Maven has expanded my horizons and I see it as a valuable tool. After benefiting already from the versioned jars I came to respect Mavens refusal to allow me to continue. In the end an early panic on my development machine saved me days of trouble in production. There are concrete reasons behind Maven's operation and I'm sure you'll realize the why with time. You just need to take a couple of breaths and have faith. Take it from a staunch Ant junky that switched to Maven. Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
