Re: new idea on maven usage?

[__matthewHawthorne]

I think the easiest solution to this problem is to make a better effort 
to test Maven (and all other Java programs) on a many JDKs as possible: 
Sun, IBM, Kaffe, etc.  This effort would most likely come from users who 
have a vested interest in having the programs work on a specific 
platform, like BSD users.

Trying to involve Maven in anything native just sounds like a disaster, 
and a basic misinterpretation of what Java is supposed to be about.  If 
certain Java programs don't work on all platforms, then let's improve 
those programs -- instead of converting Maven into something else, 
letting some bad apples spoil the whole scene.

I worked at a place where the admins kept telling us to put our jar 
files in /usr/local/lib.  Most of the time we ignored them, but 
occasionally we couldn't and were forced to have our jars alongside 
billions of *.so files.  My point is that Java is platform-less, and any 
attempt to make it different just seems sideways.

While I'm sure that all Java code is not platform independent, I'd bet 
the farm that the vast majority of it is.  And isn't that the reason 
that we're using Java in the first place?

I'm confused.



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