Ok, just checking as there are several books out there as well. The JIRA link provided earlier is the one to use. Please provide a "patch" (a description of what to change". As the archetypes are updated every now and then, there is likely to be difference. So the best thing would be if the docs don't say "should look like this" but rather "should contain something similar to".
/Anders 2010/8/28 Panayotis Matsinopoulos <[email protected]> > Not a book really. The PDF version of the documentation. However, the same > mistake is found on the on-line documentation pages. > > The URL to the on-line documentation that I am referring to is > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html#How_do_I_make_my_first_Maven_project > > Panayotis > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > On 28/8/2010 4:56 μμ, Anders Hammar wrote: > >> Page 37 and 38? Are you talking about some book? >> >> /Anders (mobile) >> >> Den 2010 8 28 07:49 skrev "Panayotis Matsinopoulos"<[email protected] >> >: >> >>> Ok, here it goes.... >>> Document: "Apache Maven Current Version User Guide" (2010-08-01) >>> Maven version I am using: Apache Maven 2.2.1 (r801777; 2009-08-06 >>> 22:16:01+0300) >>> >>> The pom.xml generated by the command: >>> >>> mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.maven.archetypes >>> -DgroupId=com.mycompany.app -DartifactId=my-app >>> >>> which is given on page 37, is not the one that is printed on page 38 >>> with most important (I think) difference the name element. The name >>> element generated has the value my-app and not Maven Quick Start >>> >> Archetype. >> >>> There is also another difference. The pom.xml generated contains the >>> element subtree properties as follows: >>> >>> -<#> <properties> >>> <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding> >>> </properties> >>> >>> just before starting the dependencies. >>> >>> Panayotis >>> >>> >>> On 28/8/2010 4:49 πμ, Wendy Smoak wrote: >>> >>>> 2010/8/27 Panayotis Matsinopoulos<[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Sorry, these are my first days with Maven and my first message to maven >>>>> >>>> mail >> >>> lists. >>>>> I was reading Maven documentation and I wanted to report an error in >>>>> the >>>>> document. >>>>> Does anybody know where shall I report this too? >>>>> >>>>> Is there any official process for reporting errors in the documentation >>>>> >>>> of >> >>> Maven? >>>>> >>>> Olivier has pointed out the issue tracker, but it can also help to >>>> mention it here to make sure it's really an error. It can be annoying >>>> to go to the trouble of opening a JIRA and have it immediately closed >>>> as not a bug. ;) >>>> >>>>
