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Paul Benedict edited comment on MNG-3522 at 6/9/14 1:39 PM: ------------------------------------------------------------ A discussion occurred on the developer's mailing list about this feature request: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/201406.mbox/%3ccablgb9ysrnzdjz5cwbkcwjercnd4nkjbdca+1n7pp7wqgww...@mail.gmail.com%3E The general agreement was that a numbered ordering was too brittle of a feature, but rather Maven should be informed which plugins depend on others. Maven will then determine the execution order based on that information. Here is a sample configuration. The {{dependsOn}} attribute is what's new. Order of the plugins do not matter. {code} <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution dependsOn="copy-dependencies"> <id>do-something</id> <phase>package</phase> ... </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>copy-dependencies</id> <phase>package</phase> ... </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> {code} was (Author: paul4christ79): A discussion occurred on the developer's mailing list about this feature request: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/201406.mbox/%3ccablgb9ysrnzdjz5cwbkcwjercnd4nkjbdca+1n7pp7wqgww...@mail.gmail.com%3E The general agreement was that a numbered ordering was too brittle of a feature, but rather Maven should be informed which plugins depend on others. Maven will then determine the execution order based on that information. Here is a sample configuration. The {{dependsOn}} attribute is what's new. Order of the plugins do not matter. {code} <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution dependsOn="copy-dependencies"> <phase>package</phase> ... </execution> </executions> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> <executions> <execution> <id>copy-dependencies</id> <phase>package</phase> ... </execution> </executions> </plugin> </plugins> {code} > Cannot define execution order explicitly > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: MNG-3522 > URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3522 > Project: Maven 2 & 3 > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Plugins and Lifecycle > Affects Versions: 2.0.9 > Reporter: Thomas Diesler > Fix For: Issues to be reviewed for 3.x > > > In this example antrun:run is excuted after dependency:copy-dependencies by > virtue of plugin order. Preferable would be an explicit order definition. For > example, a plugin could export a 'phase-id' that another uses in its 'phase' > element. > {code:xml} > <plugins> > <plugin> > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> > <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId> > <executions> > <execution> > <id>copy-dependencies</id> > <phase>package</phase> > <goals> > <goal>copy-dependencies</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > > <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/thirdparty</outputDirectory> > <stripVersion>true</stripVersion> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > <plugin> > <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> > <executions> > <execution> > <phase>package</phase> > <goals> > <goal>run</goal> > </goals> > <configuration> > <tasks> > <ant antfile="ant/build-concat.xml"/> > </tasks> > </configuration> > </execution> > </executions> > </plugin> > </plugins> > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.6#6162)