On 12 September 2013 14:52, Arnaud Héritier <aherit...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:44 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 10 September 2013 16:33, Daniel Kulp <dk...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> > -1 >> > >> > The src.tar.gz and src.zip files have lost their top level NOTICE and >> LICENSE files. This is a regression from 3.1.0 (and 3.0.5). That >> definitely needs to be fixed. I don't have time today to look into that, >> but might tomorrow if someone doesn't beat me to it. >> >> The N&L files should also be present at the top-level of SCM. >> That is not a release-blocker per se, however if they had been there >> they would likely also be in the source archives at the top-level, >> which is a release blocker IMO. >> > > > Like we already say I think we aren't convinced about this because it will > imply to recopy these files across ~50 projects (plugins, shared libs) and > thus update them the day we'll decide/need to do it. That's why we always > prefered to bundle them at build time.
The point is: the N&L files should be at the top-level of SCM. That is because SCM URLs are published, so the readers need to know the what the license conditions are. The fact that having the N&L files there would likely have ensured they were in the source archive is an added bonus; it's not the primary reason for having them at the top-level of SCM. > Arnaud --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org