[ANN] Apache Source-Release Assembly Descriptor 1.0 Released

[John Casey]

It appears that the site/repository synchronization is moving slowly, so 
please be patient and these artifacts and site updates should be showing 
up before long. I want to make sure I get this announcement out before I 
forget it, though.

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The Maven team is pleased to announce the release of Apache
Source-Release Assembly Descriptor, version 1.0.

This is a standardized assembly descriptor for use in the
maven-assembly-plugin. Source-release artifacts are archives which
contain the full project structure (sources only, no build output) that
are the subject of an ASF release vote.

http://maven.apache.org/apache-resource-bundles/apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor/

This assembly descriptor should be coming to a parent POM near you, and
should eventually be an automatic part of every ASF release. For now, it
has been configured into the release process for Maven projects that
inherit from maven-parent version 13 (also recently released). If you
want to try out the source-release descriptor in the meantime, you can
include a configuration like the following:

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>2.2-beta-4</version>

      <dependencies>
        <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.apache.resources</groupId>

<artifactId>apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor</artifactId>
          <version>1.0</version>
        </dependency>
      </dependencies>

      <executions>
        <execution>
          <id>source-release</id>
          <phase>package</phase>
          <goals>
            <goal>single</goal>
          </goals>
          <configuration>
            <descriptorRefs>
              <descriptorRef>source-release</descriptorRef>
            </descriptorRefs>
            <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
            <runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>true</runOnlyAtExecutionRoot>
          </configuration>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

Enjoy,

The Maven Team

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John Casey
Developer, PMC Member - Apache Maven (http://maven.apache.org)
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