Re: Newbie question- 3rd party jars

[Wayne Fay <wa...@gmail.com>]

<confused>

Maven is widely accepted. And it is an open source product from Apache
(ASF). What specifically is your problem?

Wayne

On 12/31/06, Sagare, Vipul <Vi...@tmobilebroadband.com> wrote:
> Thank you all for your help.
>
> I guess, I have to wait until Maven becomes more widely accepted and becomes as open source product as ant or similar apache packages.
>
> Vipul.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john.tolentino@gmail.com on behalf of John Tolentino
> Sent: Sat 12/30/2006 11:48 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Re: Newbie question- 3rd party jars
>
> On 12/31/06, Sagare, Vipul <Vi...@tmobilebroadband.com> wrote:
> > Thank you for quick response.   Any way to do this by keeping lib directory?
>
> You can but users will always have to manually install the artifacts
> to their local repository. You can provide them with a batch file or
> script for this.
>
> Like what Wendy said, you'll benefit more though if you could setup an
> internal repo.
>
>
>  With several environments and different network zones across which
> builds are done (dev, QA, production),  the transition from ANT to
> Maven needs happen in more gradually to reduce the risk on quality of
> the software delivery.
>
> There are several projects that uses both Ant and Maven builds. They
> could live along with each other so you're not obligated to overhaul
> your projects in one go.
>
> >
> > In other words, without changing any directory structure, can I use Maven for full enterprise level J2EE application with EAR, JAR and WAR with WebLogic EJBs?
>
> Although you could stick with your existing directory structure,
> you'll benefit more if you'll follow the best practices that Maven
> suggests. Like with the 3rd party jars, you can create a script to
> regularly copy files into a Maven 2 directory structure (with Maven 2
> POMs) and have it built there. Use this until you're comfortable with
> your migration.
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vipul
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:wsmoak@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sat 12/30/2006 10:36 PM
> > To: Maven Users List
> > Subject: Re: Newbie question- 3rd party jars
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/30/06, Sagare, Vipul <Vi...@tmobilebroadband.com> wrote:
> > > Both.
> > >
> > > I would like them to be in the classpath and in jar as well.
> >
> > Normally you would install them in your local repository and then use
> > a <dependency> element in your pom.  If you're working with other
> > developers, you'll probably want to establish an internal/corporate
> > repository so that each developer doesn't have to install them
> > individually.
> >
> > Then you won't need that "lib" directory at all, the jars in your
> > local repository will be shared across all of your Maven-built
> > projects.
> >
> > To include jars within a jar, I don't see a way to convince the jar
> > plugin to do it:
> >    http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-jar-plugin/
> > but you can use the assembly plugin:
> >    http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/
> >
> > --
> > Wendy
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