Re: multi-project pain

2006-05-30 Thread Torsten Curdt
> ...why? Could you elaborate? > I find the current behaviour counter-intuitive. I think if you were building a jar that had , 9/10 people would expect the modules to be included in some way. Hm... the whole point of modules is to be modular - and not be part of the whole thing. So of course it

Re: multi-project pain

2006-05-30 Thread Brett Porter
Torsten Curdt wrote: > I meant: why shouldn't also the parent pom have a src directory and > generate a jar? I don't understand the concept of this distinction > that forces me to have all my code in modules. It would be counter-intuitive unless it were aggregating. ...why? Could you elabora

Re: multi-project pain

2006-05-30 Thread Torsten Curdt
multi-module ok ...multi-module it is from now on :) > I meant: why shouldn't also the parent pom have a src directory and > generate a jar? I don't understand the concept of this distinction > that forces me to have all my code in modules. It would be counter-intuitive unless it were aggrega

Re: multi-project pain

2006-05-18 Thread Brett Porter
Torsten Curdt wrote: > First thought: Why "modules"? Everyone talks about > "multi-projects" and "artifacts" I try to avoid calling it multiproject for this reason. So how do you call it then? ;) multi-module > When I tried to build the (main) project I got told off that packaging > was

Re: multi-project pain

2006-05-15 Thread Torsten Curdt
> First thought: Why "modules"? Everyone talks about > "multi-projects" and "artifacts" I try to avoid calling it multiproject for this reason. So how do you call it then? ;) > When I tried to build the (main) project I got told off that packaging > was meant to be "pom" not "jar" ...ok - but

Re: multi-project pain

2006-05-14 Thread Brett Porter
Torsten Curdt wrote: First thought: Why "modules"? Everyone talks about "multi-projects" and "artifacts" I try to avoid calling it multiproject for this reason. When I tried to build the (main) project I got told off that packaging was meant to be "pom" not "jar" ...ok - but why? Currentl

multi-project pain

2006-05-02 Thread Torsten Curdt
Alright guys! You know I love maven - I harass you on IIRC often enough. But let me give some ...let's call it "user feedback". I have to say I am impressed how much documentation is actually available on the website! And the book is awesome! Congrats! Unfortunately both are missing out on multi-