Buildr, Gradle or wait for Maven 3?

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Published on 2009-08-20T14:28:22Z Indexed on 2010/03/27 18:23 UTC
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I am really tired of struggling with Maven 2 all the time. Build tools should not be in the way. Recently I have been looking at Buildr and Gradle. Maven 3 seems to fix some of the struggles. So, what should I go for now? Buildr? Gradle? Or wait a year for Maven 3?

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