Agreed. We have added this in POM v4 which will be available with Maven 1.1 (soon now).
-Vincent > -----Original Message----- > From: Martijn Dashorst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: mardi 29 juin 2004 14:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Missing type element in the POM > > Hi (hoping to address the correct forum), > > I am busy developing a webapplication using maven. When I call the > distribution plugin, it automatically assumes a JAR type of project. > > IMO a tag next to <groupId> and <id> called <type> should be included in > the POM, so dist (and other plugins) can use this to their advantage, > like requiring 'war:war', 'ear:ear', or 'jar:jar' before creating a zip > file. > > Martijn > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]