Add project description as a mojo parameter -------------------------------------------
Key: ARCHETYPE-70 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ARCHETYPE-70 Project: Maven Archetype Issue Type: New Feature Components: Plugin Reporter: Michael Heuer Priority: Minor Attachments: patch.txt For my archetype bundle, I require the project description as a parameter. I use it in the pom.xml <description>${description}</description> in a license HEADER.txt /* ${artifactId} ${description} Copyright ... in a package.html <html> <body> <p>${description}</p> </body> </html> and so on. The attached patch to MavenArchetypeMojo.java provides a project description parameter in addition to project groupId, artifactId, and version: $ mvn -X archetype:create -DgroupId=foo -DartifactId=bar -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT -Ddescription="bar description." ... -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira