I don't think that the zip package type should be part of Maven core, but we could provide some plugin which provides for it as a custom packaging type. Possibly this could be part of the assembly plugin.
/Anders On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > Well my experience in building a zip *as a dependency* feels like it's > hackish. For example, I create a "pom" packaging type and then configure > the assembly plugin for the "package" phase. Okay, but I say this is > hackish because it's not straight forward, and the zip is a second artifact > (the pom is first) for installation. This pattern kind of smells to me and > makes me think an official "zip" type really is needed. Having such a type > can take away all this boilerplate. > > > Cheers, > Paul > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Kristian Rosenvold < > kristian.rosenv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Probably because people just use the assembly plugin ? > > > > Kristian > > > > > > > > 2014-12-11 6:38 GMT+01:00 Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org>: > > > Recently I needed to create zip artifacts for overlays into WAR. Maven > > > doesn't have support for "zip" packaging type projects, but MNG-1683 > > wants > > > to introduce it. > > > > > > I am curious why this issue has been ignored. Is it just a lack of time > > or > > > interest? Or is there a philosophical issue behind the delay? I can't > see > > > much difference between the zip lifecycle and jar lifecycle except > there > > is > > > no default "compile" or "test" bindings. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Paul > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > >
