It turns out, the prepare step never do the build ( i missed read it). -D
On 11/23/05, Trent Rosenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > I do not think there is any real benefit in the addition of this > field. The prepare goal in the maven-release plugin is all about > tagging a working instance of the project within the SCM. > > The plugin ensures you are in sync with the development trunk of the > project. Next by executing the build life cycle on the trunk maven is > ensuring that at least you can fully compile and pass the unit tests. > If someone used this flag and bypassed this stage in the prepare > process a tagged instance of the project could get into a state where > it may not even compile. Maven at this stage is helping you to make > sure the SCM is in the best possible state, (it can build). > > If a release is performed, (extracted based of a tag name) and it > cannot even compile then that release is worthless and a waste of > resources preparing it and storing it in the SCM. It is all about not > wasting time at later stages. If you take the hit and ensure the > release can complete the full build life cycle then developers can > spend time later addressing the real issues and not the basics of > whether the release can be built in the first place. > > Also the release process could be divided between 2 people, someone to > prepare the release and another to perform it. By completing the > build life cycle both parties can enough that they are delivering a > working solution to their audiences. > > Hope this is cool, just want to explore the issue. > > Trent > > On 23/11/05, dan tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, At my shop, we do daily realease using maven-release-plugin. > > Currently maven makesure the source is buildable before perform the > label. > > Then at the perform step, maven builds again. > > > > Is it reasonable to have maven skips the build at prepare step. > > This way we can cut down the build time ( in half) ? > > > > We can introduce a doPrepareBuild field which defaults to true. > > > > -D > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
