oh sorry for this misunderstanding. I just quoted your (Jason) statement that just a few people like to have a dsl instead of xml and that I'm one of them ...
The rest is basically to Ken, as I dont understand at all why he is complaining on this list or for what purpose sorry -----Original Message----- From: Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> To: Maven Users List <users@maven.apache.org> Sent: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 1:46 pm Subject: Re: maven is a swamp On Oct 15, 2010, at 3:56 AM, mremerson...@aim.com wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 3:00 am, Jason van Zyl wrote: >>> A fact to note though is that I've asked over 2k people over the last two years at talks and in any average crowd the people who care to have a different format or DSL is around 3%. > > And I one of them :-) I always havent been a friend of XML and I happy to see the possibilities maven3 offers (although I prefer using gradle - bygones) > > What I'm wondering most is - why the heck do you write to the maven mailinglist how you dislike maven ? Is your intention to convince people that they are doing bad stuff over the last xxx years ? Is it just pure boredness ? > > I dont like Ruby or Clojure - what is the reason to bother the ruby/clojure mailing list that their syntax is apparently horrible ? > > Sorry - I dont get it... If you dont like maven - dont use it... there are tons of alternatives around. > > Or what point do I miss here ? > I actually don't understand a single thing you said. I'm actually not sure if you're responding to me or Kenneth. > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- We know what we are, but know not what we may be. -- Shakespeare
