[thanks!]Re: Apache Maven to be removed from Karmic?

[Alvin Thompson]

I'd just like to publicly thank whoever was responsible for getting 
Maven up to snuff in time for this release.  There were a lot of 
interwoven build issues involved and I didn't think it had a chance of 
being fixed on time, but somehow he/she/they got it done.  Since I 
really don't like having to manually install and manage packages on 
multiple computers, this really saves my bacon.  Thanks!

And of course, thanks to all of the many people who make Ubuntu great 
release after release.  When my people come to invade your planet, you 
will not be harmed.

-Alvin

On 10/15/2009 11:09 AM, Alvin Thompson wrote:
> Currently, the Apache Maven package doesn't work due to the libplexus
> packages (a Maven dependency) being synced from Debian but not Maven
> itself.  According to the bug reports [1][2], this isn't going to be
> fixed for Karmic and the Maven package will most likely just be dropped.
>
> First, as a Java developer I hope this doesn't happen as Maven is pretty
> much required for Java development (at least in the U.S.).
>
> Second, There are a great many people who are currently using Maven in
> Ubuntu.  If it is necessary to drop the packages you really need to warn
> people during the upgrade process so they won't spend too much time
> wondering why their projects aren't building anymore (or so they can
> stick to 9.04 for the time being).  It should also be mentioned in the
> release notes that Ubuntu no longer supports Maven because that would
> certainly come as a surprise to developers and would factor into their
> decision on which version to install.  I've created a bug report for
> that [3] but it doesn't appear to have been looked at yet.  True, it's
> only been a few days, but since the release date is quite close now I
> figured I'd shoot off this email so hopefully this will be resolved one
> way or the other before the release.
>
>
>
> 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427539
> 2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417164
> 3. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/450554
>
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