Re: mavenized oscore, propertyset & osuser

[email protected] wrote on 19/12/2003 
01:26:53 PM:

> Right, the reason there is no build isn't because we're all too stupid 
> to know how to make one and make it available for download. The reason 
> is because there isn't sufficient documentation, and people who 
> download it in its current state are expected to know how to navigate 
> their way around a cvs tree.

So the reason there is no 'official' or nightly or milestone build of 
OsUser is because there isn't sufficient documentation? What the?

Raising a barrier to using a piece of software sorta defeats the purpose.

> > Who could give a rats ass about pluggable providers if they can't work 

> > out
> > how to use the thing in the first place. It hasn't had a 1.0 release 
> > and
> > someone has already 'started refactoring it mercilessly'.  Sounds like
> > Maven all over again.
> >
> Yep, I agree with your points, but maven has NOTHING to do with this. 
> Nor will it solve any of these problems, so it's utterly irrelevant.

100% agree with you.

> You know what, maybe you shouldn't use it. It's clearly not of the 
> quality you expect, nor mature enough, so why not just move on?
Not of the quality I expect, maybe. Mature enough - I don't care.

Move on? I'd rather help you guys (and myself) by making it better, but it 
seems noone is interested. 

Are you?
--
dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting
Blog:      http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/






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