Re: Maven Skepticism

From: Chuck Hill (chil..lobal-village.net)
Date: Wed Jul 02 2008 - 22:57:41 EDT

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    On Jul 2, 2008, at 7:52 PM, Lachlan Deck wrote:

    > On 03/07/2008, at 10:06 AM, Pierce T. Wetter III wrote:
    >
    >>> You don't need Maven. You need some perspective. Here is my
    >>> average build.xml file for a project:
    >>>
    >>> <project name="GVCFoundation" default="build" basedir=".">
    >>> <import file="../Ant/common.xml"/>
    >>> </project>
    >>>
    >>> Yes, three (3) lines. Everything else is common and in one place.
    >>
    >> What if GVCFoundation needs 3 other frameworks built? Presumably
    >> maven has some kind of import mechanism as well, so I'm not sure
    >> this convinces me.
    >
    > frameworks/frameworkQuatro/pom.xml
    > ...
    > <dependencies>
    > <dependency>
    > <artifactId>frameworkUno</artifactId>
    > <groupId>com.yourstuff.frameworks</groupId>
    > </dependency>
    > <dependency>
    > <artifactId>frameworkDos</artifactId>
    > <groupId>com.yourstuff.frameworks</groupId>
    > </dependency>
    > <dependency>
    > <artifactId>frameworkTres</artifactId>
    > <groupId>com.yourstuff.frameworks</groupId>
    > </dependency>
    > </dependencies>
    > ...
    >
    >
    > And in the parent pom define the other stuff to save you having to
    > define the version, scope etc everywhere.
    >
    > trunk/pom.xml
    > ...
    > <dependencyManagement>
    > <dependencies>
    > <dependency>
    > <artifactId>frameworkUno</artifactId>
    > <groupId>com.yourstuff.frameworks</groupId>
    > <version>${pom.version}</version>
    > <scope>compile</scope>
    > </dependency>
    > <dependency>
    > <artifactId>frameworkDos</artifactId>
    > <groupId>com.yourstuff.frameworks</groupId>
    > <version>${pom.version}</version>
    > <scope>compile</scope>
    > </dependency>
    > <dependency>
    > <artifactId>frameworkTres</artifactId>
    > <groupId>com.yourstuff.frameworks</groupId>
    > <version>${pom.version}</version>
    > <scope>compile</scope>
    > </dependency>
    > </dependencies>
    > </dependencyMangement>
    > ...

    What about building the package, deploying, etc? 

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