not sure how useful this feature is... I would say just drop it... quick search on github cannot find usage of it... https://github.com/search?q=%3CrunOnlyAtExecutionRoot%3E+language%3A%22Maven+POM%22&type=code&l=Maven+POM
On Fri, 10 Mar 2023 at 00:44, Tamás Cservenák <ta...@cservenak.net> wrote: > > Howdy, > > I would like to share (and possibly exchange) some recollections about the > m-remote-resource-p. > > For start, there is an ongoing PR to drop all the accumulated legacy stuff: > https://github.com/apache/maven-remote-resources-plugin/pull/26 > > But what caught my eye are these lines: > https://github.com/apache/maven-remote-resources-plugin/blame/e7cc40df2f5ee99cde90d1dc7308df719f1c1963/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/resources/remote/ProcessRemoteResourcesMojo.java#L134-L138 > > In short, what this plugin does is (should be) nearly trivial: collect > project, project dependencies, resolve some resource bundles, apply > Velocity templates, done. > > BUT, due to the comment and removal of `requiresDependencyResolution` this > plugin does what Maven should be doing: resolves/collects and builds > transitive deps. And I feel this is wrong. > > As you see in comment, the REASON of removal (and hence bloating the Mojo > with all-the-stuff-that-Maven-should-do) was to implement > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MRRESOURCES-41 that again looks like > some 'wish" issue, with idea "to mimic the assembly plugin's > runOnlyAtExecutionRoot flag". Also, to me this "smells" like aggregation > without aggregator (and resolution without Maven) -- so just a WTH moment > one after another. > > I find this wrong, as it sacrifices simplicity and reusability (plugin must > do what Maven already does for plugin, if asked for), and it resulted in > this plugin to become bloat, and later totally neglected and full of > booby-traps. > > So, my proposal is like in PR: > > 1. return this Mojo switch `requiresDependencyResolution=TEST` and let Mojo > filter as it needs. This is already done in PR and big chunk of code is > gone, all tests except the one IT that tests the runOnlyAtExecutionRoot > passes OK. > 2. above implies we drop runOnlyAtExecutionRoot, everything else remains, > BUT > 3. introduce new mojo aggregate-process (as in PR), that really does what > it says: will collect all DEPENDENCIES in BULK at parent level. There > are two shortcomings (as seen in IT_RunOnlyAtExecutionRoot source): it is > IN BULK, and for this to work, a goal is needed that will produce > inter-project dependencies, otherwise build fails. > > With these changes all passes OK and IMO the plugin itself became much > simpler and easier to understand. > > In short, if you have any idea, I am listening! > > > Thanks > T --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
