[jboss-dev] Maven Complaints [Was: Broken builds]

[Andrew Lee Rubinger]

Rémy Maucherat wrote:
  > Personally, I think Maven is an abomination. +1 to any proposal to get
> rid of this piece of junk ASAP.
> 
> Rémy

Ultra constructive, bravo!

Upon what are you basing this opinion?  And what helpful solutions would 
you recommend to solve the issues giving you trouble?

We've outgrown the monolithic AS layout, and need to be adopting a 
componentized structure where each project pushes forth frequent 
releases for integration.

Most of the problems we've encountered can be chalked up to Maven's 
exposure of an improper build process that we've inflicted upon 
ourselves during the breakout of AS components.  Bringing cyclic 
dependencies to the forefront gives us a fail-fast that prevents release.

With the new mandate set to remove all snapshots from the AS 
component-matrix, we can expect to see reliably reproducible builds. 
Snapshots were just as horrid with the older Thirdparty setup.

Maven is just a build tool, and it's not the offender here.  Until 
snapshots are gone and the new projects have a proper dependency chain, 
we'll be in the muck pointing fingers at one another.

S,
ALR




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