Re: [DISCUSS] Allow attributes shorthand in pom.xml

2020-12-14 Thread Will Iverson
TBH, the notion that the build script (whatever the tool) is just copied wholesale into a published artifact is a little weird. That's part of what threw me off - I think that our CI system may have been using help:effective-pom to add a copy of the rendered pom into the CI reporting, but I may be

Re: AW: [DISCUSS] Allow attributes shorthand in pom.xml

2020-12-12 Thread Will Iverson
gt; > This is a clear separation, and it will give the Maven team the > > opportunity to focus on the real issues. > > > > So please join your forces and spend your energy on improving polyglot! > > > > thanks, > > Robert > > On 12-12-2020 11:04:33, Markus

Re: [DISCUSS] Allow attributes shorthand in pom.xml

2020-12-11 Thread Will Iverson
l generated pom.xml would remain the same. Thanks for the link. On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:46 PM Manfred Moser wrote: > > > You can use polyglot-maven for a compatible approach for your own pom > files right now.. > > https://github.com/takari/polyglot-maven/tree/master/polyglo

[DISCUSS] Allow attributes shorthand in pom.xml

2020-12-11 Thread Will Iverson
One of the biggest complaints about Maven has long been the verbosity of the XML format. The verbosity is due in large part to the exclusive reliance on XML elements in Maven. Proposal: Allow Maven pom.xml to treat attributes as a short-hand for declaring configuration elements. Example: One of t