THIS IS A TEST INSTANCE. ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST!!!!
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- A switch to Maven 2 will not add any new features to Roller
- The Ant build is already using the Maven 2 Ant Tasks for deploying Roller jars to local Maven repository
- The most active committers on the project (Dave and Allen) are opposed to Maven 2.
- There are ongoing efforts to make improvements in Maven 2 that may address some of the valid concerns expressed on this list. For example <http://www.jroller.com/mrdon/entry/making_maven_2_not_suck
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This proposal (when finished) should be reconsidered when two or more of the following are true:
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- Maven is controversial, some love it, others hate it
- We'll need to clearly lay out real benefits and drawbacks in this proposal.
- Hopefully, the Maven team will make improvements to Maven to address valid complaints.
- Maven allows simple builds to be implemented "declaratively" but mechanisms for implementing custom build logic can be frustrating.
- We'll need to make sure all current and future build logic can be handled by Maven.
Specific Issues
- Roller Build Advanced Features (A list of things in the Roller build that would require a Maven plugins or scripting should go here)
- Multiple sub-projects and build artifacts mandate a Maven "multiproject"
- Customized Builds: Current Ant build
- can be customized for a specific installation using Ant XML fragments
- . (How would this mechanism "port" to Maven?)
- General Maven Issues
- e.g. XML verbosity go here
Benefits
It will be important for these benefits to be clearly described and contrasted with mechanisms in the current (or an improved Ant build.)
- JARs can be removed from SVN and stored in a single location on a developer's system
- Speeds up SVN checkouts
- Reduces storage requirement on developer's system (especially if simultaneously using multiple branches)
- Note: This could also be done wit Ant tasks for Maven or Ivy.
- Maven plugins can be used to generate IDE project files
- To generate Eclipse
.project
and.classpath
, use:mvn eclipse:eclipse
- To generate IDEA project, module, and workspace files, use:
mvn idea:idea
- What about NetBeans?
- To generate Eclipse
- Standard Maven layout and project site will make things easier for experienced Maven users
- This is a little bit subjective, but clearly some will see it as a benefit
Drawbacks
(How are these different than "General Maven Issues" above?)
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