The link to the free html and pdf books is now http://books.sonatype.com
These books are cc licensed and we do take pull requests of enhancements. The source is at https://github.com/sonatype/maven-reference-en https://github.com/sonatype/maven-example-en I have created a patch for the Maven site that fixes the links and attached it to https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNGSITE-194 Feel free to apply the patch and push a new site out. Also let me know if you need anything else so that the patch can be applied. Regards manfred >> However, the http link to the book on sonatype.com is dead. It should be >> updated. >> > > Hm, ok. I asked Sonatype some time ago to fix that. I'll remind them. > > /Anders > > > >> >> It would also be helpful for users who scan that page if the free books >> were somehow better visually highlighted. Like a big green button that >> says >> "Free!" beside the corresponding book or whatever. >> >> >> >> On 12/13/2013 11:34 AM, Malte Skoruppa wrote: >> >>> >>> Meanwhile, one doesn't necessarily have to buy a book to learn about >>> the >>>>> Maven lifecycle. This is also explained on the website: >>>>> http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/ >>>>> introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html >>>>> >>>> Yes, but it doesn't go into enough details. >>>> >>>> The *free* books do. >>>> >>> >>> This actually surprised me. Free? >>> Looking at the "Books and Resources" page more closely, I found but >>> *one* >>> book that is free, namely the "Better Builds with Maven" (2006, covers >>> Maven 2.0.4 - i.e., rather old). >>> For all the other books, there are Amazon (and similar) links. >>> >>> If these other books are also freely available, this should certainly >>> be >>> put forward more clearly on the page, with appropriate links. >>> >>> Apart from the books, the "Books and Resources" page links to a >>> plethora >>> of articles on this and that about Maven. But that is not what you'd >>> call a >>> structured introduction to Maven, let alone a "book". (Well, at least, >>> that's not where I'd go digging if I wanted to find out more about, >>> say, >>> the build lifecycle. I'd go to the Guides index in that case. At least >>> that's sorted by category.) >>> >>> On a sidenote, I also noticed that the page links to "JavaBlackBelt's >>> Maven Exam" on javablackbelt.com under "Miscellaneous on Maven". >>> However, javablackbelt.com does not exist anymore [1], and the "Maven >>> Exam" link is dead. [2] >>> >>> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javablackbelt >>> [2] http://www.javablackbelt.com/QuestionnaireDefDisplay.wwa? >>> questPublicId=01559 >>> >>> ** <http://www.maestrodev.com/better-build-maven> >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
