Maven rant

July 24th, 2008

Maven is great when you have multiple dependencies in your project.

Java developers are great at creating multiple dependencies in their projects.

Thus, Maven is a blessing for Java developers.

But: if I want to add a dependency in my project via Maven, I have to put some xml in a file (called pom.xml).

Why isn’t that information published by the Maven site generator? When I go to the project information page, I get a lot of useful information if I want to develop on the project, but no information to develop with the project.

Java developers really have a tendency to focus on the developers, and not on their customers. Adding this information would be a stride in the right direction.

Thanks. End rant.

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