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Fred Bricon commented on MSOURCES-113: -------------------------------------- I think `encoding=UTF-8` would be best It gives us the opportunity to do more crazy stuff like defining encoding/some/specific/files=UTF-8 eventually (but probably not). I have no preference whether to add a line ending or not. I don't think it matters much. I imagine the `encoding` file encoding would be UTF-8 > Store source encoding info in a standard file > --------------------------------------------- > > Key: MSOURCES-113 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MSOURCES-113 > Project: Maven Source Plugin > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Fred Bricon > Assignee: Karl Heinz Marbaise > Priority: Major > Fix For: 3.1.0 > > > It'd be nice if IDEs were able to automatically set proper source encoding > when attaching sources to project dependencies. > In eclipse/m2e, we tried to automatically detect encoding but it didn't work > out [https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/116390/] > A more reliable way would be to ensure the encoding info was stored inside > the source archive, so that IDEs could peek into it and ensure proper > settings. > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)