Thanks for feedback. I'll try to get this implemented sometime soon. I'll go ahead with "junit.jar (junit:junit:4.5)" display name style.
Cheers! On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Daz DeBoer <darrell.deb...@gradleware.com> wrote: > +1 to changing this. I've had forum issues related to the same misdiagnosis > based on the artifact display name. > > My preference is: > kafka_2.10-test.jar (kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162) or the same with square > brackets. > > A simpler example: > junit.jar (junit:junit:4.5) > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Szczepan Faber <szcze...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> The current naming notation for artifact display name results in names >> like: >> >> kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162:kafka_2.10.jar >> >> This naming convention does not work well with classifier-artifacts, >> for example: >> >> kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162:kafka_2.10-test.jar >> >> Real use case is I've seen an error like: >> >> > Could not download artifact >> 'kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162:kafka_2.10-test.jar' >> > Artifact 'kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162:kafka_2.10-test.jar' not >> found. >> >> First thing that I concluded (and other users, too) is that Gradle has >> corrupted the classifier from 'test' into 'kafka_2.10-test'. Only >> after I've looked into the codebase and found out how the display name >> is assembled I figured out what's wrong. >> >> I suggest that we change the display name convention for artifacts, >> instead of: >> >> kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162:kafka_2.10-test.jar >> >> We do something like: >> kafka_2.10-test.jar (kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162) >> kafka_2.10-test.jar of kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162 >> kafka_2.10-test.jar[kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162] >> kafka:kafka_2.10:0.8.1.162->kafka_2.10-test.jar >> Or something else that does not use ':' to separate gav from the >> artifact name. Also, it feels like the file name should be in front of >> the notation for display name of the _artifact_. >> >> Thoughts? >> -- >> Szczepan Faber >> Core dev@gradle; Founder@mockito >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: >> >> http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email >> >> > > > > -- > Darrell (Daz) DeBoer > http://www.gradleware.com -- Szczepan Faber Core dev@gradle; Founder@mockito --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
