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 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
