Markus KARG created MNG-5410:
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Summary: <packaging>zip</packaging>
Key: MNG-5410
URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5410
Project: Maven 2 & 3
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Markus KARG
There is a widespread need to build ZIP archives as main artefacts. This can be
done in several ways (like <packaging>zip</packaging> and providing an explicit
artifact name ending on ".zip"), but while it a JAR can be built using a
five-lines-POM, building a ZIP becomes a rather complex task in comparison and
needs rather lengthy research in the manuals... :-(
So I want to propose to allow follow the most intuitive way in future maven
releases: <packaging>zip</packaging>
+ This is the most intuitive way, particulary for new users. Virtually
everybody would try this if he wants to get a ZIP. No need for any user
documentation to use it.
+ This is the most simple way and concise way to write what one wants to get.
+ This should be most simple to code and test as it is the base code of
<packaging>jar</packaging>.
+ It allows people to declare ZIP-PACKAGED instead of ZIP-NAMED artefacts, what
is a semantic difference: A ZIP typically has no MANIFEST.MF file.
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