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Konrad Windszus edited comment on MPLUGIN-417 at 8/16/22 10:12 AM: ------------------------------------------------------------------- According to https://github.com/paul-hammant/qdox/issues/102#issuecomment-1214871629 we should only put plain text into the descriptor. The HTML reports needs to be generated then based on the original source code (not on the descriptor). Plain text is what the https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-help-plugin/describe-mojo.html expects (and emits on the terminal). was (Author: kwin): According to https://github.com/paul-hammant/qdox/issues/102#issuecomment-1214871629 we should only put plain text into the descriptor. The HTML reports needs to be generated then based on the original source code (not on the descriptor). > Clarify plugin descriptor's description element > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: MPLUGIN-417 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MPLUGIN-417 > Project: Maven Plugin Tools > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Metadata Model > Reporter: Konrad Windszus > Priority: Major > > Currently it is not specified in > https://maven.apache.org/ref/3.8.4/maven-plugin-api/plugin.html which format > the {{description}} field on plugin, mojo and parameter level should have. > It partially contains javadoc-specific tags (MPLUGIN-298) and partially HTML > tags. > As the descriptor is also used as basis for the generated HTML reports the > format should loose as few details as possible (from the scanned javadoc in > https://github.com/apache/maven-plugin-tools/blob/50d5679d5a6f93e014645d1b7c790a96edd2e5bf/maven-plugin-tools-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/tools/plugin/extractor/annotations/JavaAnnotationsMojoDescriptorExtractor.java#L253). -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)