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John Casey commented on MASSEMBLY-581:
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It seems like a reasonable enough thing, especially since the calculation of
the assembly contents is meant to be format-agnostic as much as possible. I
still think it's a good idea to have a "default" set of formats specified in
the assembly itself, but overriding with a format subset (or even something
completely separate) via plugin configuration makes sense, especially when
reusing standard descriptors.
> Allow formats in configuration to override descriptor
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> Key: MASSEMBLY-581
> URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-581
> Project: Maven 2.x Assembly Plugin
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 2.2.1
> Reporter: Benson Margulies
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> I constantly find myself creating families of several descriptors that differ
> only in 'formats'. I claim that it makes sense to treat formats as not part
> of the spec of the assembly, but rather of how the spec is applied.
> If no one objects, I'll write the code so that the configuration can contain
> formats that override the descriptor.
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