In the bnd(tools) group We currently are discussing the maven bundle plugin. The idea was raised to build this plugin during the normal continuous integration so we can keep the version current. We are already building another maven plugin in our build and releasing it so it should be quite straightforward for us. This would have the benefit that whenever we release a candidate or a final version we would put it in maven central as quickly as possible. From a logical point of view it seems to make sense to move the Apache Felix Bundle plugin into the bnd build since it is so closely coupled to bnd.
That said, logical is sometimes to rational (and there might be drawbacks we
have not considered). Obviously we do not want to do anything that goes against
the wishes of the Apache Felix group, we value this group way too highly to
offend it so if the feelings here are not abundantly positive then we won't
even look in that direction.
Are there any drawbacks? How does this group feel about this?
Kind regards,
Peter Kriens
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