[fedora-java] maven2: Non existent: org.apache.maven.toolchain.ToolchainManager

[Gerry Reno]

Andrew Overholt wrote:
> * Gerry Reno <greno at verizon.net> [2009-11-06 17:40]:
>   
>>> Looks like maven2 is pretty out of date in Fedora.   Website mentions  
>>> 2.0.10, 2.1.0, and 2.2.1.
>>>
>>>       
>> Yes, I just read the maven2 toolchain webpage.  maven2 2.0.9 is the  
>> minimum to support toolchains.  So we're SOL as far as Fedora.
>>     
>
> A few of us (dbhole, akurtakov, myself) are planning on trying to get
> 2.2.1 in shape for F-13.  We know we're way out of date, but we're
> better off with 2.0.8 in F-12 than we were with 2.0.4 in F-11.
>
> We'll send a message here when we are starting and need some help.
>
> Andrew
>
>   
Thanks Andrew. How in the world did Fedora get so far back on maven2, 
axis2, and other apache packages? Shuttlesworth already has Eucalyptus 
(cloud computing) in Ubuntu which is what I've been trying to find a way 
to achieve with Fedora. But even the basic toolset that you need: 
maven2, axis2, axis2c, rampartc, is nowhere to be found in Fedora. So 
right now I'm forced to do all this with a whole bunch of tarball 
installs which is something that is insanity really when you're trying 
to work from an upgradeable package set. At the very least could some 
effort be put into getting us maven2 2.0.9 in F12? I think that way at 
least some progress could be made. As far as axis2, I've given up the 
jpackage rube-goldberg approach and am looking at something much simpler 
and easy-to-use. The last jpackage spec file I looked at had something 
like 2000 lines in it. If that doesn't tell you something is wrong with 
an approach, nothing will. Anyway, I'm trying to have no more than about 
100 lines in the spec file so that a mere mortal human could understand 
the thing and maintain it. And I'm afraid that if we have to wait until 
F13 to get cloud computing going with Fedora we will have missed the 
entire boat by then.

-Gerry