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Magno Machado Paulo commented on MNG-4322:
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Sorry, I think I wasn't clear...
Let's try again..
I'm going to attach a project on this issue where you can see what I'm saying.
First, do a "mvn package" on the project.
Then, go to TestMaven/target/TestMaven/WEB-INF/lib
Among other files, there's a "mentawai-1.14.1.jar" there. What I want is force
Maven to rename this jar.
To understand why do I whant this, look at the
"TestMaven/src/main/webapp/index.jsp" file.
The first line on thie file is:
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/lib/mentawai-1.14.1.jar" prefix="mtw" %>
Now imagine I have this line on a lot of source files, and I decide to use a
new version of the library. I would have to go on any source file and correct
the references.
Now, imagine Maven had renamed this jar to, say, "mentawai.jar". What I'd have
on my index.jsp would be:
<%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/lib/mentawai.jar" prefix="mtw" %>
And if I decide to move to a different version, I don't have to correct any
references.
I think we could have an addicional tag on the dependency declaration,
something like this:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mentaframework</groupId>
<artifactId>mentawai</artifactId>
<version>1.14.1</version>
<scope>compile</scope>
<finalName>mentarai.jar<finalName> <- This is a new tag
</dependency>
And, in the case where this new tag isn't used, Maven would use the current
pattern, so it would be 100% backward compatible.
> Ability to rename a dependency's jar when putting it on the lib folder
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>
> Key: MNG-4322
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4322
> Project: Maven 2
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Artifacts and Repositories
> Reporter: Magno Machado Paulo
> Attachments: TestMaven.rar
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> Maven put on my 'lib' folder the jars of my project's dependencies named like
> <artefactId>-<version>.jar
> This is a problem when we need to reference the jar filename from sourcecode,
> because if we change the dependency version, we have to track all source code
> references to it and correct them. This is the case when importing a taglib
> into a jsp page
> It would be better if Maven put only <artefactId>.jar on the lib folder. And
> even better if it let us use any custom name we want for the dependencies. If
> no name is specified, then it could use the current pattern.
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