Yes we should fix the docs. I also think we need to put back the old behavior but add a deprecation warning. We seriously need to be more sensitive to randomly breaking builds like this. It's the single biggest thing we hear from the users.
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Lundberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 9:38 AM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Is an archetype really a plugin? Thanks Jason So the pom example [1] under "1. Create a new project and pom.xml for the archetype plugin" should be changed from <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging> to <packaging>jar</packaging> [1] http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-creating-archetypes.html Jason van Zyl wrote: > It's a set of plexus components that is designed to be embedded. One > form is embedding in Maven in the form of a plugin. So it's not a > plugin, but can be accessed through a Maven plugin. Many plugins use > this strategy where they make a set of reusable plexus components and > then provide a mojo wrapper from which maven can access the functionality. > > On 21-Mar-08, at 6:24 AM, Dennis Lundberg wrote: > >> Disclaimer: I've never used archetypes before. >> >> I've had a look at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPLUGIN-102 >> >> I found the attached example project strange, because the pom specified >> <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging> >> >> The poster references the example pom on this page: >> http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-creating-archetypes.html >> >> The page also states that: >> "An archetype is a very simple plugin" >> >> Is that really true? Isn't it just a jar file used by the archetype >> plugin? >> >> -- >> Dennis Lundberg >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > jason at sonatype dot com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. > No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. > They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically > dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of > dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or > goals are in doubt. > > -- Robert Pirzig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Dennis Lundberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
