I should also add that that does "not" include supporting 3rd party plugins... and often getting the source for them can be useful... i have my own versions of mojo hibernate, xslt among a few others while waiting for bug fixes...
thats like saying that micrsoft is responsible for the documentation of the drivers for my one-touch maxtor usb drive... just because i can't get the one touch button going on the maxtor does not make windows hard... On Monday 24 September 2007 23:23, Rodrigo Madera wrote: > Denis, > > I get what you mean now and I agree... > I have spent hours with Maven debugging and I know what you feel. > > It's been less than five hours since I had to download the source code of a > plugin to see what was going on inside of it... and got no results. > Fortunately, knowledgeable people writing on these lists helped me out and > made me continue my journey. > > In the corporate world, these hold backs are a serious risk to > profitability. > > I just hope that Maven plugins get better documentation. I have nothing to > complain on Maven's own, but plugin writers forget that other people > haven't seen the source code of their plugin (not to say that everyone > would make much sense of it). > > Maybe one day... > > Regards, > Rodrigo > > On 9/24/07, Gisbert Amm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael McCallum wrote: > > > with a few subtle exceptions related to bugs that are fixed in > > > 2.0.7every question i've been asked in regard to using maven2 has been > > > found in the documentation in under 5 minutes > > > > That might be the case for the questions you came across. The mere > > traffic on this list proves that there are indeed loads of questions the > > documentation doesn't answer. Also this kind of thread about how > > improvable the documentation is occurs frequently on this list. The last > > big attempt to make the docs better has AFAIK been this one: > > > > http://www.nabble.com/Maven-2.x-documentation-tf382504s177.html#a1055690 > > > > Possibly that sort of campaign should be done on a regular base or, even > > better, Maven should have a technical writer who cares about > > documentation issues. I'm aware of the fact that Maven is a open source > > project, however, there are businesses built around it (among other > > tools) that might have an interest in better docs and less rant on the > > mailing list. > > > > Just my 2 cents (I'm no native English speaker and therefore > > unfortunately can't really help with this kind of task). > > > > -Gisbert > > > > -- > > Gisbert Amm > > Softwareentwickler Infrastruktur > > Telefon: (0721) 91374 - 4224 > > Telefax: (0721) 91374 - 2740 > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Internet: www.1und1.de > > > > 1&1 Internet AG > > Elgendorfer Strasse 57 > > 56410 Montabaur > > > > Amtsgericht Montabaur HRB 6484 > > > > Vorstand: Ralph Dommermuth, Matthias Ehrlich, Andreas Gauger > > (Vorsitzender), Matthias Greve, Henning Ahlert, Norbert Lang, Achim > > Weiss, Robert Hoffmann, > > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Michael Scheeren > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael McCallum Enterprise Engineer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
