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On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote:

> I think a much better name would be the Unix Packaging Maven Plugin.
>
> Sorry, but without an adjective, it doesn't clearly say what the plugin
> does.
>
> 2009/6/15 Trygve Laugstøl <tryg...@codehaus.org>:
> > I'm happy to announce the fourth alpha release of unix-maven-plugin.
> > This is still primarily a technology preview, but is fully functional.
> >
> > = New in this release =
> >
> >  o support for creating "zip" archives
> >  o added support for classes for pkg
> >  o %doc and %config for RPM
> >  o Lots of documentation, including a PDF.
> >
> > == Technical changes ==
> >
> > MUNIX-18: Simplify the script mechanism
> > MUNIX-17: Document how versions and revisions are calculated
> > MUNIX-16: Document how the scripts directories work
> > MUNIX-15: Improve error message when an artifact is not found
> > MUNIX-12: Add support for creating zip files
> > MUNIX-6: set-attributes doesn't pick up paths that aren't explicitly
> > created with mkdirs (Filed by Marius Gravdal
> > MUNIX-4: Add support for the %doc directive for RPM (filed by Erik
> > Drolshammer)
> > MUNIX-3: Add support for the %config directive for RPM (filed by Erik
> > Drolshammer)
> > MUNIX-1: the "release" portion of the rpm does not have to be an int
> > (filed by Brett Okken)
> >
> > = About the plugin =
> >
> > The unix-maven-plugin is a Maven plugin for producing installation
> > packages for UNIX platforms.
> >
> > The current release is 1.0-alpha-4. This release is meant as a
> > technology preview release. The plugin is useful but work is in progress
> > to make sure it support even more use cases.
> >
> > The plugin has gained a substantial amount of documentation, available
> > at [1].
> >
> > The plugin combines the work of the deb, solaris and rpm Maven plugins
> > and also handles the aspect of assembling the packages without using the
> > assembly plugin.
> >
> > Supported platforms:
> >
> >  * Debian (.deb)
> >  * RedHat and Fedora (.rpm)
> >  * SysV packages for Solaris (.pkg)
> >  * Generic Zip files (.zip)
> >
> > The development happens on the Codehaus Mojo project [2], if you want to
> > try it out, have found an issue or just want your use case supported get
> > in touch through the mailing lists [3].
> >
> > [1]: http://mojo.codehaus.org/unix/usage.html
> > [2]: http://mojo.codehaus.org/unix/
> > [3]: http://mojo.codehaus.org/unix/mail-lists.html
> >
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