From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QOA3z-0003bV-2n for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 22 May 2011 14:55:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B580F1C073; Sun, 22 May 2011 14:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1-g21.free.fr (smtp1-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5B791C073 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 14:54:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.11] (unknown [88.163.78.131]) by smtp1-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16467940114 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 16:54:46 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4DD923B5.6060508@codelutin.com> Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 16:54:45 +0200 From: Eric Chatellier Organization: Codelutin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110510 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] Maven from source - version 2.x or 3.x ? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: dddaca9bfa254a725afff8f77d834d4b Le 22/05/2011 07:38, Kasun Gajasinghe a =C3=A9crit : > Hi all, > I'm working on getting Apache Maven in to work by building from > source. Currently, in main tree, Maven is installed using the binary > (dev-java/maven-bin), which is against the Gentoo Java Packaging > Policy. > > Getting Maven in to work by building-from-source is a lengthy process. > We have two main versions to go ahead. The 2.x range with the latest > being v2.2.1, and the 3.x range with the latest being v3.0.3. The > compatibility notes for 2.x and 3.x are at [1]. There's only few > compatibility issues as I've seen. I was thinking to go with 2.x since > in my experience and the area where I was involved in, haven't had any > plans to migrate to Maven 3.x soon. But the overall picture may vary. > > So, I'm asking from the Gentoo's Java community, what's the suitable > version to go with? 2.x or 3.x Hi, i'm a gentoo user and java developper using maven for years. I also known the maven gentoo problem ;) So i'll be happy to help you or test your work. For maven 2/3, 3.x is a new achitecture intended to be maven 2 complaint. So, i vote for 3.x. But maybe 3.x is too young... --=20 =C3=89ric Chatellier Tel: 02.40.50.29.28 http://www.codelutin.com