On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I would like to modify a bit the Maven XAR plugin to add in the > package.xml some extension related informations like the extension id > and version at the very least.
(Note that the version is actually already provided) > > The idea is to be able to know what a XAR is exactly like we have the > pom.xml packaged with the jar file for example. > > Among other things it will cover the following use cases: > * when someone import a XAR with the standard UI, automatically > register it in the extension index if it happen to be an extension > (i.e. if we find extension informations in its package.xml) > * wiki manager and workspaces can properly register actual extension > when creating their default template from a XAR the first time (this > is for example required to be able to upgrade a farm with EM where > pretty much all the wiki as been created from this default template) > > In both cases the idea is to support as much current behaviours as we > can and still be able to use the full power of Extension Manager. > > There should not be any backward compatibility issue here since it > does not really change anything in the XAR structure. > > WDYT ? > > Here is my +1 > > Thanks, > -- > Thomas Mortagne -- Thomas Mortagne _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
