What about the full "Maven Project Module"? Then there's no confusion about Maven being a modularized Java application. Intellij could adopt the same convention "Intellij IDEA Project Module". Delany
On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 at 14:29, Jeff Jensen <jeffjen...@upstairstechnology.com> wrote: > Additionally, since a module is part of a product and project is activity > to change a product, I prefer the term "module" (or even "submodule") > because they are not "projects" (yes Eclipse and other tools refer to them > as "projects" but that is arguably a wrong term). I also would rather > clarify the module term with each use, Java Module and Maven Module, or use > the term submodule for Maven modules. > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 7:23 AM Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> > wrote: > > > Howdy, > > > > While I somewhat agree, I think that "Maven module" is clear when used in > > context, also Maven was there before JPMS ;) > > And finally, as you pointed out, POM will always have a "module" as well. > > Hence, I am unsure about the value of this terminology change... > > Yes, it is longer to type "maven module" and "java module" but it is > still > > clear what we talk about ... > > > > Thanks > > T > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 2:14 PM Martin Desruisseaux < > > martin.desruisse...@geomatys.com> wrote: > > > > > In order to avoid confusion between "Maven module" and "Java module", I > > > suggest to update documentation for using "Maven sub-project" instead > of > > > "Maven module". However, the <module> XML elements in the POM would be > > > unchanged for compatibility reason. There is apparently not so many > > > places in the documentation that need to be updated. The ones that I > > > found are part of pull request #1625: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/1625/commits/4bc46b4114396e6025645f3c5dae888f3d386981 > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > >
