Add an "alternative" apache-jar-resource-bundle
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Key: MRRESOURCES-31
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRRESOURCES-31
Project: Maven 2.x Remote Resources Plugin
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Niall Pemberton
I propose adding an "alternative" apache-jar-resource-bundle (perhaps called
"apache-jar-resource-bundle-alt"?) which is a copy of the existing
apache-jar-resource-bundle[1] except that the
LICENSE.vm is renamed to LICENSE.txt.vm
NOTICE.vm is renamed to NOTICE.txt.vm
This will create files named LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt rather than LICENSE and
NOTICE.
The ASF policy[2] on the naming of these files says:
- Can the LICENSE and NOTICE files be called LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt?
- This is permitted. However the preference is that the files be called
LICENSE and NOTICE.
Many projects use ".txt" extensions as its more friendly to windows users and
since the policy says its permitted then IMO it would be good to support
projects which chose to use that naming convention with a standard resource
bundle.
This has come out of a discussion at Apache Commons [3] and a bundle such as
this would allow that project (with 34 diffferent components, each with a copy
of NOTICE.txt and LICENSE.txt) to be able to easily migrate to using the
remote-resources-plugin with minimal effort. Currently, configuring the
remote-resources-plugin in Commons's parent pom causes duplicate Notice and
License files (i.e. versions with and without the .txt extension).
Apologies if this is filed in the wrong place - but theres no issue tracking
link in the pom for apache-jar-resource-bundle to indicate where issues should
be filed.
[1]
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/resources/trunk/apache-jar-resource-bundle/
[2] http://apache.org/dev/apply-license.html#license-file-name
[3] http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMMONSSITE-21
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