So I'll go ahead with the following: * change the verify goal to be a default goal for the feature packaging * change the feature-generate-descriptor to be a non default goal for the feature packaging
The benefits is that people who want to hand-write features will be able to use the feature packaging, while those who want to use the generator will have to add this goal to their build. I've raised KARAF-4787 for that. 2016-10-13 11:07 GMT+02:00 Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]>: > The feature packaging is a nice thing, as it allows automatic attachment > of the feature file. > However, it always use the feature-generate-descriptor, which produces a > lot of weird results. > Afaik, the feature packaging is not much used and all projects i've seen, > such as pax projects, camel, cxf, and even karaf itself (including > decanter, cellar, karaf container...). > > I think part of the problem comes from the feature descriptor generation, > which is difficult to control. I have always found much easier to simply > write the feature manually. > Although the generation process rewrites the xml entirely, so that any xml > comments or license header is lost. > > Overall, I'm not sure that it makes our users life really easier. > > So I'd like to propose to get rid of the feature-generate-descriptor from > inside the feature packaging and replace it with the verify goal to > validate the hand-written features instead. > > Thoughts ? > > -- > ------------------------ > Guillaume Nodet > ------------------------ > Red Hat, Open Source Integration > > Email: [email protected] > Web: http://fusesource.com > Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ > > -- ------------------------ Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Red Hat, Open Source Integration Email: [email protected] Web: http://fusesource.com Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/
