I, myself, have also found the lack of ordered plugin execution to be wanting. Stephen does have a point: complex behavior is likely be better encapsulated in a new plugin. I don't disagree, but that route can be steep and I don't want to be detoured into always writing a new plugin. Many times such behavior can be emulated simply by aggregating the use of plugins in an ordered fashion. For example, one plugin executes a SQL script to setup a database, the next plugin executes a Java program to populate the database according to logic. I've tried that before and can't because such plugin ordering doesn't exist. So if there is an easy way to bring this minor enhancement to the Maven community, in 3.x, I think we should.
Cheers, Paul On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Ron Wheeler <rwhee...@artifact-software.com> wrote: > "We are not a cult." > If we already have a "we", we are half way there! > Just short a charismatic leader and a "Book of the Way". > > Ron > > On 04/06/2014 3:22 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote: > >> On Jun 4, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Stephen Connolly < >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> That's usually a sign that you have wandered off The Maven Way™ >>> >>> No it's not. They have valid points and the implementation is deficient >> in this regard. Everything that's presently here is not immutable. Calling >> it "The Maven Way" doesn't make it usable or without flaws. I'm not even >> sure where this saying came from but we're not a cult. >> >> There are ways back onto the blessed path... they typically involve >>> writing >>> a plugin >>> >>> Thanks, >> >> Jason >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Jason van Zyl >> Founder, Apache Maven >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >> http://twitter.com/takari_io >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have >> no respect. >> >> -- Edward Gibbon >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > >
