Need a better solution than packaging == pom for distribution modules whose
output is an assembly
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Key: MASSEMBLY-555
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-555
Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin
Issue Type: Improvement
Affects Versions: 2.2.1
Reporter: John Casey
It's common practice to use a purpose-built module to create a distribution
assembly for a project. However, there is no packaging that accommodates this.
We need one or more packagings added to the assembly plugin that will allow a
proper non-pom packaging.
Currently, this is an issue if someone tries to create one assembly from a
purpose-built module - say, for an examples aggregation - and then use it in
another assembly via moduleSet/binaries. Since the packaging is 'pom', the
project is NOT included in the moduleSet, because POMs are assumed not to have
binaries. Or, if they do, they're assumed to have binaries that are addressable
via some classifier...which I'm still not sure would even work with the
assembly plugin.
Bottom line is, we need a better solution than abusing the pom packaging for
assembly modules.
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