Re: How to apply maven build system (Was: How to use Debian packaged freehep instead of upstream provided freehep.jar)

["Manfred Moser" <manfred@mosabuam.com>]

> BTW, working on this just made me notice that some new versions of
> FreeHEP were released some months ago. These releases were deployed on
> maven repositories, but I didn't notice them because they were not
> deployed on the site where development happened before. This is one of
> the many things I don't like of maven: it doesn't teach developers to
> have clean and clear release cycle and habits (for instance, where to
> publish the release), because the magic of maven will (try to) solve any
> problem..

Hm.. I think the opposite is true. Release go to Maven central and not
some website somewhere on the net. That way as a developer you dont have
to worry about manually downloading from all over the place and monitoring
sites all over the place. Maven encourages and supports proper process...
but many people still just hack away..

manfred