Hi, Back in the days there used to be a piece of information on specifying a new package on the maven web site. I found a backup at [1]. Also at [2] there is issue with patch which adds a new packaging. So maybe you have to patch a custom maven installation to provide your package type.
Hth, [1] http://www.propellors.net/maven/site/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-lifecycle.html [2] https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3343?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel Nick Stolwijk ~Java Developer~ Iprofs BV. Claus Sluterweg 125 2012 WS Haarlem www.iprofs.nl -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Madu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 6/6/2008 10:43 To: users@maven.apache.org Subject: HowTo: Create new Dependency Type? Hi, I am in the process of re-architecting a project using the Spring framework on a Jboss5 AS and need to create a new dependency of type 'spring', <packaging>spring</packaging>. How do I go about doing this? My platform details are as follows: Maven version: 2.0.9 JDK: 1.6.0_06 OS: Win XP SP1 Many thanks in advance -- Know Thyself Andrew --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]