On 26/08/2009, Oleg Kalnichevski <ol...@apache.org> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 01:24:52PM +0100, sebb wrote: > > There seem to be some inconsistencies in the pom files and the project > > layout, at least when used with Eclipse. > > > > The HC "parent" pom has the artifactid "project", and by default the > > Eclipse/Maven 2 plugin will create a project called "project", which > > is obviously a bit ambiguous. > > > > > To me, this is an issue with Eclipse/Maven 2 plugin rather than that with the > HC parent pom. In my opinion the plugin ought not use project's artifactId as > the project name. >
Well, the plugin has got to use something as the default name. Also, the child poms reference their parent as "../project/pom.xml" which means that there has to be a sibling directory called "project", regardless of what IDE is used. > > > > The parent pom also refers to the modules: > > > > ../httpcore > > ../httpclient > > > > which is fine, except that their POMs use the artifact ids: > > > > httpcomponents-client > > httpcomponents-core > > > > A partial fix would be to change the parent POM to use the module names: > > > > ../httpcomponents-client > > ../httpcomponents-core > > > > > Are you sure this is going to work? > I tried it locally, and it worked fine for me. Note: I use the default project names of httpcomponents-client httpcomponents-core which means that the parent "project" POM does not work _without_ the change. > > > This would obviously affect any existing developer workspaces, but > > should only require a rename of the directories or Eclipse projects, > > so should be relatively easy. > > > > I'm not sure if it would be as easy to change the parent POM > > artifactId, as this might affect existing Maven repos. The name is > > also used in the child poms, which use the relativePath > > "../project/pom.xml" to refer to the parent. > > > > I think it would be useful to change the parent pom to use the > > artifactId "httpcomponents", but I don't know if that would cause > > problems for Maven repos downstream. AFAICT, the child projects don't > > have run-time dependencies on the parent, so I think it would only > > affect a few HC developers. > > > > > This certianly should not affect users of HttpClient. However, I am not sure > it > is a problem that needs fixing. If not, then at least we should document the required directory layout, because it's not immediately obvious. > Oleg > > > > WDYT? > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@hc.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@hc.apache.org
