ok i apologize if I stirred things up. everyone can shine..its a choice. weekend transient dependency chasing is taxing. maven is the best build method on the planet and as much as I used ANT... I wont go back.. but I will have to figure out what transient dependencies are hampering my effort and block them.
i will close my eyes and talk to my angel and pray that everyone will make their software diamond grade. I wouldn't get my lady nothing less than a sparkling blue ambient E grade. and there is a difference between working smarter than harder. It would be nice to see open source get that back. A CEO told me once decades ago... open source is bulletproof. I wish I cold say that today. I hope the java guys will learn to stick together by writing diamond grade code so we dont have to end up chasing transient dependencies and we can all focus on pure business logic. My good Angel, Thou comest from heaven; God has sent thee to take care of me. Oh, shelter me under thy wings. Lighten my path, direct my steps. Do not leave me, stay quite near me and defend me against the spirit of evil. But above all come to my help in the last struggle of my life. Deliver my soul so that with thee it may praise, love and contemplate the goodness of God forever and ever. Amen