[reitanqild]

Aren't you oversimplifying a bit on the non-maven side?

Last I checked when I use make I still have to find and download all dependencies before I can get a working build.

Maven sorts all that.

[three-cups]

Fair point. But I'd say the dependency management in maven is actually more of a hassle than it's worth. For me, I understand jars in a lib directory well enough. Dependency management can become complicated pretty fast (e.g. version resolution).

[paulddraper]

You still need version resolution for jars in a lib directory, whether Maven does it or you do it.

Maven just automates the process.

[three-cups]

I guess I never found manual dependency resolution to be that big of a problem.

[paulddraper]

I've never found automatic dependency resolution to be that big of a problem.

But if I had, I'm sure that manual resolution wouldn't have been any easier or more maintainable.