Yes, but I don't think making a specific plugin just for adding zip packaging is optimal. Hence the idea of having it in the assembly plugin. Thinking of it though, one very likely wants to create both a zip and a tar file. So maybe the packaging type should be something else, and then it creates both types. But then I always advocate that one maven project should only create one artifact...hmm.
/Anders On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> wrote: > Anders, like make a maven-zip-plugin project? > On Dec 11, 2014 1:50 AM, "Anders Hammar" <and...@hammar.net> wrote: > > > I don't think that the zip package type should be part of Maven core, but > > we could provide some plugin which provides for it as a custom packaging > > type. Possibly this could be part of the assembly plugin. > > > > /Anders > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Well my experience in building a zip *as a dependency* feels like it's > > > hackish. For example, I create a "pom" packaging type and then > configure > > > the assembly plugin for the "package" phase. Okay, but I say this is > > > hackish because it's not straight forward, and the zip is a second > > artifact > > > (the pom is first) for installation. This pattern kind of smells to me > > and > > > makes me think an official "zip" type really is needed. Having such a > > type > > > can take away all this boilerplate. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Paul > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Kristian Rosenvold < > > > kristian.rosenv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Probably because people just use the assembly plugin ? > > > > > > > > Kristian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-12-11 6:38 GMT+01:00 Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org>: > > > > > Recently I needed to create zip artifacts for overlays into WAR. > > Maven > > > > > doesn't have support for "zip" packaging type projects, but > MNG-1683 > > > > wants > > > > > to introduce it. > > > > > > > > > > I am curious why this issue has been ignored. Is it just a lack of > > time > > > > or > > > > > interest? Or is there a philosophical issue behind the delay? I > can't > > > see > > > > > much difference between the zip lifecycle and jar lifecycle except > > > there > > > > is > > > > > no default "compile" or "test" bindings. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
