[tycho-user] Are there disadvantages to pomless builds?

[Steinar Bang <sb@xxxxxx>]

Are there disadvantages to pomless builds?

Are there things the pomless builds can't do?

Specifically: I want to create an e4 RCP application using GEF4 that
includes in its target platform a non-eclipse OSGi bundle that is
fetched using a maven dependency.

Is this possible to accomplish with a pomless build? And does anyone
know of an example of this?

Or should I use a fully POM'd tycho setup for this? (I have something
that sort-of works for pre e4 eclipse.  The tricky bit has always been
getting a working target platform definition when I move to a newer
eclipse release)