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 1QOGcH-0004Pj-Mu for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 22 May 2011 21:55:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 738C81C014; Sun, 22 May 2011 21:54:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from petteriraty.eu (petteriraty.eu [188.40.80.83]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 396241C014 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 21:54:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.130.46.199] (qiv7.kyla.fi [82.130.46.199]) by petteriraty.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 23BA12C1E1 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 21:54:40 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4DD985FA.3020904@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 00:54:02 +0300 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGV0dGVyaSBSw6R0eQ==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fi; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090916 Thunderbird/2.0.0.23 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 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: <4DD923B5.6060508@codelutin.com> In-Reply-To: <4DD923B5.6060508@codelutin.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: id=B8E4ECF0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigC7E2E004127E7ACEB4764CF4" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 042f8ede491774bccf4c26895b8ece63 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC7E2E004127E7ACEB4764CF4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05/22/2011 05:54 PM, Eric Chatellier wrote: > 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. >=20 > 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 Eventually 2.x will die while 3.x continues to be supported and so on. I would target 3.x and then do 2.x also if it's relative easy to backport. If they are largely compatible as you say then targeting 3.x shouldn't be a problem knowledge wise. Regards, Petteri --------------enigC7E2E004127E7ACEB4764CF4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJN2YX9AAoJEPeUsk245Ozw71EP/iIVZpC+MrXiSn1c4uec1dYM IFPTYGwJ/0bkr73EUWfNW2JBVF1rEx9TXwlC5G9bsg9/NipAvTCwjvA3t7v+rkux vb1oNW4SsQWO6xouXOVIZiIkH0OT6U+xzfXMPQdCpo7ZX0iaqUDE6L/874YUTvTT 3zyT5hQuQ+/9mn9KL6qeqiSDtKvAtCgCFDZ16lHhH5VQhtGDsz33ARfNC5ozGrCn hO7kkPS1QX28SZaLT6Y/HXjoRlVA2nxxWjSEPGQHYI+Z9zPvajKUeC5gqpS9NPAF z8Vj2YlQ5jQhlyuYV8ZiUxE+wPjyAyniMyFZc91hKYRZ/WK4y49LPpeAD/dDrEqK IrubwWWhCYhv3kP59fQJlMm9br30E2FMjNuEdHsWRhKLuzeGZiGfsP5HDdGYmxmD /L2z6iEyrZ/FIq558c2Mx9w8MNf1hzgI4k6sa5yeNYAaJd+QXbwDcERMY5536Vma JTwrjHaHfX5N7UT68sj8q1eLqNBKTZi44A7WXBH+DKejph47tIxUaYWVXOp8CBqv nx4i99jLKwQLEa0c+eccV6SQps2dWM+e6LKK40G1HzxhCqCSR7Wpr9fUWqSvFqZz a6pgboKJ/ymIakv/7FXdB7BZpqhIty5ydscrc0OthRwSbE1FrYn1vYjhIEdIIHch fnb290LU7nFd9M5VKjM2 =eRaa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigC7E2E004127E7ACEB4764CF4--