gnodet commented on code in PR #2023:
URL: https://github.com/apache/maven/pull/2023#discussion_r1904104591
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api/maven-api-model/src/main/mdo/maven.mdo:
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@@ -121,34 +121,39 @@
<version>3.0.0+</version>
<required>true</required>
<description>
- A universally unique identifier for a project. It is normal to
+ Returns a string that defines a collection of related projects. It
is recommended to
use a fully-qualified package name to distinguish it from other
- projects with a similar name (eg. {@code org.apache.maven}).
+ projects with a similar name (for example, {@code
org.apache.maven}).
+ This form is now required to create a new group ID in Maven
Central.
+ However, older projects did not always follow this convention,
+ and often use a single word such as jaxen or jdom as the group ID.
</description>
<type>String</type>
</field>
<field>
<name>artifactId</name>
<version>3.0.0+</version>
<required>true</required>
- <description>The identifier for this artifact that is unique within
the group given by the
+ <description>Returns a string that defines a collection of versions
within the group given by the
Review Comment:
It sounds weird to define the artifactId as a collection of version. That's
not really what is it imho. The `groupId:artifact` represents an artifact, and
several versions of it can be available. But an `artifatId` is _not_ a
collection of version.
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