RE: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-07-01 Thread Stan Devitt
Such a notation would be much more useful if it were 1. standardized and 2. unambiguous My personal preference would be something like groupId:artifactId(classifier):version;extension[scope] This way, the classifier, the extension, and the scope could be optional

RE: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-30 Thread Stan Devitt
Maven GAV URN? Group:artifact:version:classifier:extension is pretty common On Jun 26, 2010, at 1:39 PM, lukewpatterson lukewpatter...@gmail.com wrote: It would be nice to be able to represent any Maven GAV in a string. Does such a standard exist? A good use case is for plugins that allow

RE: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-30 Thread lukewpatterson
Stan Devitt-2 wrote: Why would the recommended format here be different than the format used by the dependency plugin? (e.g. junit:junit:jar:3.8.1:test ) I was looking more for a URN for Maven coordinates, which is slightly different than the flattened form of dependency elements. e.g.

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-30 Thread Stephen Connolly
is : valid within a urn? On 30 June 2010 13:34, lukewpatterson lukewpatter...@gmail.com wrote: Stan Devitt-2 wrote: Why would the recommended format here be different than the format used by the dependency plugin? (e.g. junit:junit:jar:3.8.1:test ) I was looking more for a URN

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-30 Thread Justin Edelson
On 6/30/10 8:42 AM, Stephen Connolly wrote: is : valid within a urn? Yes. On 30 June 2010 13:34, lukewpatterson lukewpatter...@gmail.com wrote: Stan Devitt-2 wrote: Why would the recommended format here be different than the format used by the dependency plugin? (e.g.

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-30 Thread Andreas Sewe
Luke, are you aiming at IANA registration of the namespace identifier? (If not, please use a x- prefix to mark the NID as experimental: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3406#section-3.1.) Best wishes, Andreas - To

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-30 Thread Brian Fox
Neither, it's extension. Type, packaging and extension are often the same but not always. Type sources actually means classifier sources and extension jar for example. Packaging maven-plugin actually means extension jar. Sent from my iPad On Jun 29, 2010, at 2:34 AM, nicolas de loof

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-29 Thread nicolas de loof
is le last part type or packaging ? 2010/6/29 Brian Fox bri...@infinity.nu Group:artifact:version:classifier:extension is pretty common On Jun 26, 2010, at 1:39 PM, lukewpatterson lukewpatter...@gmail.com wrote: It would be nice to be able to represent any Maven GAV in a string. Does

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-29 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:34 AM, nicolas de loof nicolas.del...@gmail.com wrote: is le last part type or packaging ? Is there a difference? -- Germanys national anthem is the most boring in the world - how telling! - To

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-29 Thread nicolas de loof
sorry, I mean packaging vs extension. ejb packaging creates a jar extension 2010/6/29 Jochen Wiedmann jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:34 AM, nicolas de loof nicolas.del...@gmail.com wrote: is le last part type or packaging ? Is there a difference? -- Germanys

Re: standardized Maven GAV URN?

2010-06-28 Thread Brian Fox
Group:artifact:version:classifier:extension is pretty common On Jun 26, 2010, at 1:39 PM, lukewpatterson lukewpatter...@gmail.com wrote: It would be nice to be able to represent any Maven GAV in a string. Does such a standard exist? A good use case is for plugins that allow input