Chris Berry wrote on Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:35 PM: > Agreed. When one has to lean on tools to build a build > script, IMO this > illuminates a issue. > > Do not discount the value of readability. When we go from 5-6 > lines/dependency to 1 -- then all of a sudden we can see all of the > dependencies on a single page -- take Matt's case; from ~140 > lines to ~40 -- > which implies going from 3 pages of code (60 lines/pg being > the norm) to 1. > This illustration holds for many things in the pom.xml -- e.g. plugin > declaration, etc. IMO, When one has to start scrolling all > over the place to > figure out a POM, something is amiss. > > It's not just about taste. It's about a concise, readable, > comprehend-able presentation of information.
Why do I always have RelaxNG in my mind, when I read this discussion ... ;-) - Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
