Yes, but currently relocations are ignored for plugins. I tried to do that before and had no luck.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Sanchez Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 12:13 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Checkstyle, maven-checkstyle-plugin and LGPL if we release a new version under mojo and put a relocation for that one in apache, won't that warn all users that just try to upgrade? On 4/9/07, Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In order for this to work, I think maven needs to support relocations > of plugins. This currently doesn't work. > > Does this mean ALL versions of checkstyle, including those already > released must move? That's the part that will be most disruptive. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:37 AM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: Checkstyle, maven-checkstyle-plugin and LGPL > > On 4/9/07, Brian E. Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At the end of the link quoted below: > > > a bridging api (which can reside within the same project - so > > > can > > be hosted at apache) >will be used to access these LGPL stuff to > > clearly show its optional behaviour > > > > This is probably the simplest thing to do. Make a bridging API that > > sits at Mojo and the Apache plugin calls this bridging API. Moving > > the > > > whole plugin will cause total havoc on existing builds. (As would > > purging old versions of it) > > It's the "optional" part that is important. Nothing from Apache > should silently pull in LGPL dependencies. > > Moving the plugin to Codehaus is probably the best option. If it > stays here, we'd have to make the Checkstyle dependency 'optional' and > require the user to explicitly add it to his build. > > On a related topic, does Maven find plugins in org.codehaus.mojo > without any extra configuration, or do you have to add the <groupId> ? > > -- > Wendy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- I could give you my word as a Spaniard. No good. I've known too many Spaniards. -- The Princess Bride --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
