Re: maven

Nathaniel G. Auvil wrote:
> Maven does everything Forrest does

Not really, but I understand that it basically does what you need.

> , plus it generates source metrics and other info.  

That's not Maven, that's Ant... Maven use that underneath.

If it's just the source metrics you need, I can easily add them for you.

> I know you
> are a committer on Forrest...what is the goal of Forrest and Maven at Apache?  Will they merge?

Forrest and Maven will not merge... in fact Forrest has just been 
promoted to top level. IOW we will soon have http://forrest.apache.org/.

This is what Maven (the project) does:
"Maven is a Java project management and project comprehension tool. 
Maven is based on the concept of a project object model (POM) in that 
all the artifacts produced by Maven are a result of consulting a well 
defined model for your project. Builds, documentation, source metrics, 
and source cross-references are all controlled by your POM.
"

The Forrest PMC is:
"charged with the creation and maintenance
of open-source software for distribution at
no charge to the public, with the purpose of generation of aggregated
multi-channel documentation maintaining a separation of content and
presentation."

Forrest is about documentation, Maven is generically a project 
management and comprehension tool.

BTW, ATM I'm adding a reports section to the Forrest output called 
ForrestDoc.

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Nicola Ken Barozzi                   [email protected]
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