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Dave Hoffer wrote:

> Dennis,
>
> Yes the book is for Maven1, I didn't know that when I bought it.  I am
> now trying to learn and use Maven2 given this book and the web site and
> I am not having an easy time of it.
>
> The link you provided does say to add the following to my pom, which I
> did.  (I do not think this changed the results of the generated site but
> I am not sure.)
>
> <reporting>
>     <plugins>
>       <plugin>
>         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
>         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
>       </plugin>
>     </plugins>
>   </reporting>

The section "How do I use plug-ins?" on the same page explains how to
add plugins (and thereby their reports).

> It does not say how to add junit test results and if I was doing Clover
> test coverage testing, how to add that.

For unit-testing you want to add the maven-surefire-plugin:
   http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/

To see what plugins are available:
   http://maven.apache.org/plugins/

> Now it does discuss the site.xml file which is disused in the Creating a
> Site Descriptor section.  However, I don't know if I need this.  When I
> ran the site goal it already made the site with default layouts, which
> is fine with me at this point.  
>
> At this point, I have no idea if I need the site.xml, how to make one,
> where it goes, etc.

I you don't know - then you don't need it.

> I really need a book on Maven2 but I don't think this is available yet.
> Given the web-site information, I have a hard time knowing what I need
> to do.

There is a book on Maven 2 coming out:
   http://www.mavenbook.org/

> Any help is surely appreciated.
>
> -dh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Lundberg [mailto:dennis.lundberg@...]
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 2:41 PM
> To: Maven Users List
> Subject: Re: m202 lack of documentation
>
> Dave,
>
> I believe that the book you are referring to is for Maven 1. Have a look
>
> at the section called "Configuring Reports" in this document:
>    http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/index.html
>


--
Dennis Lundberg

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