In the org.apache:apache:7 pom, a common parent-pom for apache projects, I see in the apache-release profile section, a part which creates the source-release artifact.
This runs the maven-assembly-plugin, and passes it a dependency on org.apache.apache.resources:apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor:1.0.2. In the configuration, it specifies a descriptorRef of ${sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor}. I looked in the documentation for the maven-assembly-plugin, and can't find this usage documented. So - some questions: Is the value of descriptorRef ( ${sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor} ) a maven "property"? If so, where is it set? The "descriptorRef" parameter is documented to refer to one of 4 built-in assembly descriptors. Is this usage allowing it to refer to some other non-built-in descriptor? If so, how is the linkage established (I presume via the "dependency" element, but what name(s)? need to match with what to make this magic happen? Or, have I guessed incorrectly as to what is happening here ;-) ? -Marshall --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org