I like Roy Lyons contribution as an opening sentence.
I think that the second and third sentence should be about what Maven is
not what it is not. If we are going to compare it to Ant or Gradle, it
should be done in a way that explains what Maven does not what it does
not do.
"Apache Maven is a convention-over-configuration build tool which has
great dependency management features. Maven uses a project object model
to describe the dependencies and any special processes that are required
to build the software. This encapsulates all of the knowledge required
to repeatedly build the software as well as the supporting documentation
and project reports. This frees the software developer from many of the
routine tasks associated with software development. Maven enforces a set
of best practices around version control and the software release
process which encourages adherence to enterprise and project standards
regarding dependent libraries and collaborative development."
Ron
On 10/01/2014 8:35 AM, Stephen Connolly wrote:
I have added a Wiki page to track the submissions in this space also
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Project+Description+Contest
On 6 January 2014 17:43, Lyons, Roy <roy.ly...@cmegroup.com> wrote:
on https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/New+Main+Site it
says:
We need a short and snappy description of what Maven is:
"Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool."
Is just not an easy to understand description of what Maven is.
I would like to submit my short description for review.
"Apache Maven is a convention-over-configuration build tool which has
great dependency management features."
I know that it does more than that - but I feel that at its core, this is
what it really is.
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