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[jira] [Updated] (MNG-6061) Alternative to XML for Maven configuration

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6061?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Keir updated MNG-6061:
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    Description: XML is often seen by developers as being verbose and cumbersome, I was wondering if creating a new configuration interface to Maven, using something like [YAML|http://yaml.org/] or [TOML|https://github.com/toml-lang/toml] would be possible, or is Maven too tightly tied to XML for this to be feasible?  (was: XML is often seen by developers as being verbose and cumbersome, I was wondering if creating a new configuration interface to Maven, using something like [YAML|http://yaml.org/] or [TOML|https://github.com/toml-lang/toml] would be possible, or is Maven to tightly tied to XML for this to be feasible?)

> Alternative to XML for Maven configuration
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>                 Key: MNG-6061
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6061
>             Project: Maven
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: POM
>    Affects Versions: 3.3.9
>            Reporter: Keir
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> XML is often seen by developers as being verbose and cumbersome, I was wondering if creating a new configuration interface to Maven, using something like [YAML|http://yaml.org/] or [TOML|https://github.com/toml-lang/toml] would be possible, or is Maven too tightly tied to XML for this to be feasible?



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