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Steven Coco commented on MJAR-38: --------------------------------- Hello again... Well, all these comments are going on ( ! ) and I noticed my previous comment here, and I really am more thinking that these should just be turned off by default: if there's any "switch", they should be off by default and something should turn them on. The reason I feel that way is that the POM is the project's descriptor: it is not the specification's descriptor. -- Maven uses the <description> element as the Specification Title; but this really makes no sense -- What is the plan if the POM element values change??? The description element in particular should really contain something more like "reference implementation xyz...": not something considered a title. Maven really seems to be attempting to find some solution to how to make every Jar in the world a standard optional package; but it just shouldn't. (That's why ClassLoader is not final!!!) These manifest attributes should be rigidly defined and specified by the Jar author and no "defaults" should exist . So I have to clarify my opinion and I feel Maven should just not to be doing any of this to begin with. It's highly un-standard; and these attributes in particular have a clearly defined usage. Anyway, thanks for "your patience" -- appRECIATED... Steven Coco. > Maven Puts Arbitrary Extension Definition in JAR Manifest by Default. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MJAR-38 > URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MJAR-38 > Project: Maven 2.x Jar Plugin > Type: Bug > Versions: 2.0 > Environment: Maven version: 2.0.4 > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > Reporter: Steven Coco > Attachments: Jar Extension-Name Tester.zip, MJAR-38.patch > > > I'm using the latest Maven release. When I build my project, the > resulting Jar file's manifest contains an Extension-Name attribute along with > Specification and Implementation attributes. The POM contains no mention > that this project is a Java optional package -- an "extension" (or an > extension of any other kind). > I don't know why Maven is doing that. > If Maven is doing this by default for some reason, it absolutely > shouldn't. Maven should not identify my Jar as an optional package unless I > explicitly say so. Jars are only extensions if explicitly created as such. > The name it uses for the extension name is the POM's <artifactId>. > That's not even a UID! -- 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
