I got in a discussion with Brett about his comments on
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-178?page=comments#action_31997 .
Short summary: i've created a patch for maven-resources-plugin that
allows filtering while copying resources. It is enabled by default
when a build.properties file is present, because the POM currently has
no means of specifying what to filter and what not to filter.
We've discussed the possibility of explicitly excluding
resources from filtering (see the link), and explicitly stating filtering
needs to take place, like maven 1 does (<filtering>true</filtering>).
I think at least the <filtering/> tag needs to be included in the POM,
and possibly a means for excluding too, although this is not strictly
necessary since you can split up the resources into filtered and
non-filtered.
Brett also suggested that the filter file, and possibly the tokens,
need to be defined in the POM.
Since currently property files are ignored by maven (like
build.properties, project.properties), we'll have to see if
stating the filter file is going to be necessary. If property
files are going to be supported, it's not.
But I think it's a good idea to define the tokens in the POM,
and avoid multiple files for a project.
Comments, anyone?
Greetings,
Kenney Westerhof
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