Maven feedback ?

[Marnie McCormack <ma...@googlemail.com>]

Hi All,

I work on the Apache Incubator project Qpid. We are currently mid transition
to maven for build/release.

We've encountered a few issues along the way (snapshots, directory
structures etc). I wondered if you could give me some feedback on your
project's experiences with maven please ? Would you recommend it for use ?

Thanks in advance,
Marnie

Re: Maven feedback ?

[Jason Dillon <ja...@planet57.com>]

I have to agree with Prasad.  I have the same love-hate issues with  
Maven.

So far... Maven has been almost more trouble than its worth for G due  
to the build complexity and the tight dependencies with OpenEJB.   
This more often than not causes problems unless you build half of G,  
then OpenEJB, then the rest of G.

For small simple projects its probably fine... though I'm still drawn  
as to how much I really believe that.

--jason


On Nov 21, 2006, at 10:36 AM, Prasad Kashyap wrote:

> Hi Marnie,
>
> I have this love-hate relationship with Maven.
>
> Moving up from ANT, I find Maven loaded with a lot of nice features.
> There seems to be a plugin for almost everything. It truly does handle
> the complete lifecycle of a project. It has a very supportive and
> vibrant community that respond to your queries very quickly (unlike
> ANT).
>
> OTOH, it has it's bugs and issues (which do get looked into). It's
> guides/mini-guides/docu does not cover the entire project. But most of
> the existing ones do a good job. The rest don't go in-depth.
>
> In all, Maven has taken me through the entire gamut of Yahoo  
> emoticons !
>
> Cheers
> Prasad
>
>
> On 11/21/06, Marnie McCormack <ma...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I work on the Apache Incubator project Qpid. We are currently mid  
>> transition
>> to maven for build/release.
>>
>> We've encountered a few issues along the way (snapshots, directory
>> structures etc). I wondered if you could give me some feedback on  
>> your
>> project's experiences with maven please ? Would you recommend it  
>> for use ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Marnie

Re: Maven feedback ?

[Prasad Kashyap <go...@gmail.com>]

Hi Marnie,

I have this love-hate relationship with Maven.

Moving up from ANT, I find Maven loaded with a lot of nice features.
There seems to be a plugin for almost everything. It truly does handle
the complete lifecycle of a project. It has a very supportive and
vibrant community that respond to your queries very quickly (unlike
ANT).

OTOH, it has it's bugs and issues (which do get looked into). It's
guides/mini-guides/docu does not cover the entire project. But most of
the existing ones do a good job. The rest don't go in-depth.

In all, Maven has taken me through the entire gamut of Yahoo emoticons !

Cheers
Prasad


On 11/21/06, Marnie McCormack <ma...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I work on the Apache Incubator project Qpid. We are currently mid transition
> to maven for build/release.
>
> We've encountered a few issues along the way (snapshots, directory
> structures etc). I wondered if you could give me some feedback on your
> project's experiences with maven please ? Would you recommend it for use ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Marnie