Hi Mark, That's certainly a good point - thanks for bringing it up. This would definitely be the ideal scenario and the Q developers initially intended to collaborate around the one codebase (in fact, DevZuz also sponsored the initial development of m2eclipse). However, as you'll see from the differences listed earlier, there are some different approaches that we wanted to try. The m2eclipse developers and Q developers have agreed to disagree on these points and continue with separate projects.
We hope that the competition will actually make both solutions better, and of course we will certainly continue to collaborate wherever possible, particularly in the space of the Maven embedder here at the Maven project. Q has made rapid progress over recent times, and with the essential features now in place we hope to continue to add new and unique features, as well as gaining tighter integration with the Eclipse ecosystem. I'd encourage anyone to try both for themselves and use whichever solution best suits their current needs, and is most responsive to their desired features. On 9/4/07, Mark Hobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aside from license issues, I'm confused as to why we now have two > Maven plugins for Eclipse? Surely it'd make sense for the two > projects to collaborate to accelerate development, rather than having > two plugins that are both rather thin on the ground in terms of > features? > > Mark > > On 04/09/07, Carlos Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to introduce the Q for Eclipse (Q4E) project > > http://code.google.com/p/q4e/, an Eclipse plugin for Maven. > > > > (see the formatted version at > > http://www.jroller.com/carlossg/entry/introducing_q4e_a_new_eclipse) > > > > === Features === > > > > * running Maven goals from the IDE > > * dependency managing using the Maven POM, with automatic download of > > dependencies > > * dependency graphing > > * direct import of Maven 2 projects > > * wizard for creation of new projects using the archetype mechanism > > * modular approach to improve reusability by other Eclipse projects > > ... and more to come > > > > === FAQ http://code.google.com/p/q4e/wiki/FAQ === > > > > * What can this Eclipse plugin do? > > > > It will allow you to run Maven goals from the Eclipse IDE, create new > > Maven projects using archetypes, import Maven projects without any > > intermediate steps, view the dependencies of your project in a > > graph,... we will keep adding features with the time > > > > * How do I install it? > > > > Refer to Installation http://code.google.com/p/q4e/wiki/Installation > > > > * What are the differences between this plugin and m2eclipse (aka Tycho)? > > > > The objective of this plugin is to be part of the Eclipse Foundation, > > for that reason the license is EPL and we are going to follow the > > foundation procedures. Thanks to the sponsorship of DevZuz, an Eclipse > > Strategic Developer Member we are in a good position to achieve this > > goal. > > > > Besides the objective, there are technical differences. While > > m2eclipse shows Maven output in a console, Q is based in events and > > will show them in an organized way that allows filtering by severity, > > search,... Functionality like the dependency graph, direct import of > > projects or creation of new projects using the archetype mechanism are > > only present in Q. > > > > * Why the name Q? > > > > Q, named after the special agent Q in the James Bond books and movies. > > No double meaning or anything like that, we are just James Bond fans > > ;) > > > > === Collaborating === > > > > The project is licensed under the EPL and collaborations are welcome, > > please join the user mailing list > > http://groups.google.com/group/q4e-users to be informed of updates, or > > the developers list http://groups.google.com/group/q4e-dev if you want > > to help with the development or extend the plugin. > > > > You can also take a look at the list of known issues. > > http://code.google.com/p/q4e/issues/list > > > > -- > > I could give you my word as a Spaniard. > > No good. I've known too many Spaniards. > > -- The Princess Bride > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- I could give you my word as a Spaniard. No good. I've known too many Spaniards. -- The Princess Bride --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
