Hi Paul, I commented the jira issue and the PR. I don't see any harm in this approach at meast so it's a +1 from me.
On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 3:06 PM <p...@hoplahup.net> wrote: > > >> On 26 Aug 2016, at 13:50, Vincent Massol wrote: > [...] > >> * What I understand is that you’re not proposing to change the XAR > >> format but to introduce some tooling to generate a XAR from a set of > >> source files, at build time. Correct? > [...] > > I am rewaking this rather older subject (see > http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/XAR-source-projects-should-allow-source-files-td7600774i20.html > and older things mentioned there) with yet another attempt which might > satisfy everyone: an attempt to use XAR-Transformations to include files > into XARs. It defines two extra transformations: > > - INSERT_TEXT (using an XPath expression): inserts the content of the > text file > - INSERT_ATTACHMENT_CONTENT (using a file name): inserts the content of > a file in base64 > > The attempt is detailed in https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-1614 > and has a pull-request and an example realisation. > > I claim that this attempt allows project developers to nicely edit files > and let them be combined into a xar when it is the time. See the issue > for an example realisation. > > I would love your comments. > > Paul -- Thomas Mortagne
