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Re: Q4E and m2eclipse

by Jason van Zyl-2 :: Rate this Message:

On 29-May-08, at 1:53 AM, nicolas de loof wrote:

> I tested both plugins, and reported some issues to m2eclipse that
> have been
> fixed in 0.9.4.
> I just quickly tested q4e but features are *very* similar
>
> I'm ok for competition, but as both plugins expect to get approved in
> eclipse foundation, I thing they must consider merging efforts for
> some core
> features. I can't thing there is many way to configure mavenEmbedder,
> configure Ide decorations and create an import wizard.
>
> In a perfect world, both plugin community should work to create a
> common
> basic plugin, and provide plugable enhancements as optional features.

Both plugins will not make it out of the incubator. Only one will
survive the incubation. One project will get culled or they will
merge. So users are not going to have to worry about always picking
between the two because only one will become a full fledged Eclipse
project.

I highly recommend users start looking the respective proposals and
start the decision making process early:

http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/m2e/

http://www.eclipse.org/proposals/iam/

>
>
>
> 2008/5/29 Rémy Sanlaville <remy.sanlaville@...>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We are working to choose an eclipse plugin : Q4E vs m2eclipse
>> - The Eclipse IAM project proposal (based on Q4E) has been recently
>> approved by the Eclipse Foundation (cf. http://code.google.com/p/
>> q4e/)
>> - m2eclipse has been recently reviewed (cf.
>> http://www.jroller.com/eu/entry/maven_integration_for_eclipse_project)
>> but
>> we have no information if it is approved. Do you have some news
>> about it ?
>>
>> If m2eclipse will also be approved, it won't be clear for eclipse
>> user
>> which
>> one to choose.
>> Even if competition can be good, is there any chance to merge the
>> effort in
>> one eclipse plugin ?
>> In fact, both of them have interesting features.
>>
>> Rémy
>>

Thanks,

Jason

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Jason van Zyl
Founder, Apache Maven
jason at sonatype dot com
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To do two things at once is to do neither.

-—Publilius Syrus, Roman slave, first century B.C.

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