Re: Maven Optimism
Re: Maven Optimism
- Subject: Re: Maven Optimism
- From: Anjo Krank <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:11:55 +0200
Note: I don't think LOC is a good metric, but what the heck. Also, I'm
not really interested in this discussion. I wouldn't participate if
not for these unfounded claims you made.
Am 09.07.2008 um 11:50 schrieb Pierce T. Wetter III:
I'm using this as a measure:
wc -l `find . -name "build.xml" -print` Build/build/build-*.xml
Build/build/generic.xml `find . -name "build.properties" -print`
`find . -name "*.patternset" -print` `find . -name ".classpath" -
print`
We don't use the patternsets or the classpath (which are Eclipse
atrifacts which will soon go away) and the properties are only used
when you build the projects individually. You can build the whole of
Wonder using exactly the files I counted. And the properties are
counted twice, once in the Build/build/build.xml and once in the
individual file. We might consider to use only one, so build.xml only
defines the deps and the the props specify the builds.
To quote from "generic.xml":
2) to build your own projects that have the same layout as a wonder
project
So mvn/Wonder have the same approach. Standardize on a layout, so
that you can use the same build methodology everywhere. You use the
same recipe you get the same bread.
But I have to say, the ant build files are very complicated to
understand compared to the pom.xml files. In the past, I've found
that I end up having to grok all 1300 lines of Build/build/build.xml
and Build/build/generic.xml in order to debug the build of one of my
projects.
I gave an example for a project ant build file and do not see how this
is complicated at all. One may argue that docs on the trizillion
properties is lacking, but haven't seen anyone asking on the list so
far, so I can only assume they work well for everybody who is
interested.
Fourth, adding a project typically requires five lines in Build/
build/build.xml to add it to the correct group and some props. I
might consider moving these props from the build file to a
build.properties and making Build/build/build.xml only specify the
inter-related deps.
Except you have to add the build dependencies somewhere as well,
which if you want to compare apples/oranges, you really have to
count right? You also have to count the information in
build.properties. The information in the pom.xml file for a new
project without dependencies is more then 5 lines, its like 10
lines, but 5 of those name the project so you can reference it
elsewhere and the other 5 reference the super-pom
My top-level stuff for the project group(s) is also only a few lines.
But whatever: where is the maven dual build of Wonder with 5.4 and 5.3?
Never mind. This is my last post on this topic, maven users may find
peace and prosperity wherever they thread.
Cheers, Anjo
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