I added a testcase : a sample report generated for maven-plugin-plugin see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MPLUGIN-11 plugin-info.html attachement I'm interested in any suggestion to enhance the text (my english is not always very good ;) )
I really think this will help a lot for Maven adoption by "normal" users : please vote for the issue... I'm looking forward to do the same addition to the "About xxx plugin" page Le Jeudi 05 Janvier 2006 22:04, Hervé BOUTEMY a écrit : > ok, filed MPLUGIN-11 > it contains a patch to add the text described to the plugin documentation > report (even translated it into french :) ) > > but it did not change the "About xxx plugin" page : I don't know where to > go for that. If anybody can show me... > > Le Jeudi 05 Janvier 2006 08:42, Wim Deblauwe a écrit : > > very good suggestion +1 for me also > > > > 2006/1/5, Hervé BOUTEMY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > (The following is a little off-topic for dependency-maven-plugin > > > > specifically, but I think it needs to be said.) > > > > > > > > For an experience Maven2 user, the value of these docs is immediately > > > > obvious. > > > > > > > > For the newbie, however, there is still the feeling: > > > > > > > > "OK, so now what do I do." > > > > > > +1 (+2 if I could) > > > > > > a simple addition in the "About xxx plugin" generated file would do the > > > trick. > > > For example, if you see > > > http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/index.html > > > > > > > > > After the "Goals available:" table, simply add : > > > "Configuration: > > > To use this plugin, you will need to add to your pom : > > > <plugin> > > > <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> (is this necessary > > > ? perhaps not for org.apache.maven.plugins, but for other like > > > org.codehaus.mojo...) > > > <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId> > > > </plugin> > > > For more information, see "Guide to Conguring Plug-ins" (link to > > > http://maven.apache.org/guides/mini/guide-configuring-plugins.html)" > > > > > > > > > I think this would really help the newbie : personally, for example, it > > > took > > > me a long time to discover that naming convention for Maven plugins was > > > "maven-xxx-plugin", but for Mojo plugins it is "xxx-maven-plugin". > > > Carefully reading the plugin documentation would have been sufficient, > > > but... > > > > > > > > > Is there an existing JIRA entry, or should I create one ? > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
