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ASF GitHub Bot commented on MJAVADOC-431: ----------------------------------------- GitHub user peterlynch opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/maven-plugins/pull/70 MJAVADOC-431 allow maven descriptor to javadoc jar You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/sonatype/maven-plugins MJAVADOC-431-maven-descriptor-2 Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/maven-plugins/pull/70.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #70 ---- commit d9b32cbbde1d617832211b712f6ea81e4a5de0fe Author: Peter Lynch <ply...@sonatype.com> Date: 2015-12-01T15:44:36Z MJAVADOC-431 allow maven descriptor to javadoc jar ---- > allow javadoc jar to contain Maven descriptor > --------------------------------------------- > > Key: MJAVADOC-431 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-431 > Project: Maven Javadoc Plugin > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 2.10.3 > Reporter: Peter lynch > Assignee: Michael Osipov > Fix For: 2.10.4 > > > The javadoc:jar mojo explicitly prevents the Maven descriptor from being > added to the produced javadoc.jar file. > https://github.com/apache/maven-plugins/blob/trunk/maven-javadoc-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/javadoc/JavadocJar.java#L299-299 > I could not find an explanation or technical reason why this is done. > Adding the maven descriptor to the javadoc jar can help expose valuable > information about the build that produced it and should be at the discretion > of the build process. > Expected: > - allow the archiver used to create the javadoc jar to respect the plexus > archiver configuration if it is configured to include the Maven descriptor. > - preserve the default behaviour of not including the Maven descriptor, for > (unknown) backwards compatibility reasons only -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)