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 <nicolas.del...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >>> such a standard exist? >>> >>> A good use case is for plugins that allow input configuration file paths. >>> If there was a reusable component that took an ArtifactResolver and a >>> String, then any plugins that currently accept file locations as Strings >>> could passively add GAV capability. >>> >>> e.g. with Clover plugin, I can give the path for the license file, but if >> I >>> want to store the license in the company's internal Maven repo (and thus >> get >>> the advantage of Maven versioning), I have to jump through some >> dependency >>> plugin hoops to get it in the right place at the right time. I'd like to >> be >>> able to just give the Clover plugin a GAV URN and have it download what >> it >>> needs >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >> http://maven.40175.n5.nabble.com/standardized-Maven-GAV-URN-tp511480p511480.html >>> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
