definitively +1. I purpose to have multiple type in type tag for plugin that present in pultiple categories.
Emmanuel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:15 AM Subject: PROPOSAL: plugin categories > Hi, > > I've had a thought about whether we might have the following plugin > categories: > - artifact (war, ear, jar, plugin, etc) > - report > - general > - any others? > > Reports already have special handling, via automatic registration. > > However, I think that the artifact plugin could be extended to handle using > other artifacts plugins: > artifact:install > artifact:install-snapshot > artifact:deploy > artifact:deploy-snapshot > artifact:artifact > > To be consistent with dependencies, pom <type> should be introduced, and can > replace maven.multiproject.type. This would allow most of the artifact > processing in multiproject to be moved to the artifact plugin. > > The plugin plugin would need to be changed so its goals were consistent with > the others, and this would be a good platform for making insta//deploy > consistent for all plugins instead of the current disparity between artifact > and deploy. > > Going forward, maybe add some extra handling to core maven, rather than > using a jelly artifact plugin. > > The only question I can think of is what about plugins like dist that can > produce multiple artifacts? > > What do others think? > > Cheers, > Brett > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
