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Tim Kettler commented on MNG-2162: ---------------------------------- Have you had a look at the maven documentation? In particular the Getting Started Guide? The section 'How do I add resources to my JAR' explains how to add additional files to your artifact. > update iText @ iBiblio > ---------------------- > > Key: MNG-2162 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2162 > Project: Maven 2 > Type: Wish > Environment: Any > Reporter: Bruno Lowagie > Priority: Trivial > Attachments: pom.xml > > > I am the project manager of iText, a free Java-PDF library ( > http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ ). > I often get the remark that the iText version offered at iBiblio is obsolete. > For instance: the most recent version at > http://www.ibiblio.org/maven2/itext/itext/ is iText1.3. > In the meanwhile we've release 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, > 1.3.7 and 1.4. > Who updates iBiblio? Who adds new releases of software to iBiblio? Can I do > this myself? > This was my main question. > Furthermore I have spent four days trying to Mavenize iText. > I wrote my own POM (because the POM at iBiblio is very incomplete); see > attachment. > I won't list all the issues I encountered, just the two main showstoppers: > Making the JAR: > I need to include AFM (Adobe Font Metrics) files and the license TXT files > into the jar. > I see this is a frequently asked (but never answered?) question. > I assume I have to add some exclude/include tag inside the <archive> tag, but > I didn't find any example on how to do this. > Also when I create a jar with a manifest file manually, I get an executable > jar; > when I use the POM, a manifest file is created (with extra rubbish), but the > jar isn't executable. > (I tried to copy/paste an example POM with a manifestFile tag, but that tag > wasn't recognized and gave an error.) > Generating the SITE: > I wanted to customize the site that is generated. I was able to change the > CSS, I was able to add links, a menu with items; > I did all kinds of cool but useless stuff, but I was not able to add for > instance a Java Script sequence for Google Ads, > I was not able to add Javascript refering to Amazon books, I was not able to > build a site that looks the way I want it to look. > Unfortunately I can't afford to spend more time on Maven, so I'm not > expecting an answer on these issues. > I'm only asking if and how my library can be updated so that Maven users get > the most recent version of iText. > br, > Bruno -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
