Creation of a maven-zip-plugin
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Key: MNG-2243
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2243
Project: Maven 2
Type: New Feature
Components: Plugin Requests
Environment: All
Reporter: Christopher Marsh-Bourdon
Priority: Minor
Before I plough head long into this, I'm not asking for someone else to develop
a solution to this problem; I am more than happy to spend my time producing a
solution. I just wanted a feel as to what others think (maybe there is already
a solution that I have missed).
Having read Olivier Lamy's issue (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1683), I
have downloaded and used his submitted plugin. It works great, but it does not
achieve everything that I need to. The additional functionality I need is the
ability to include all the dependencies (jars etc) in the zip so that the
package can act as a semi-automatic installation; unzip and with a single
command start a JVM running.
Now the way I see things is that I could take the maven-war-plugin and amend it
to perform the above. So my questions are these:
- Is that an agreeable thing to the developers of the maven-war-plugin?
- Is it a bit of overkill?
All very newbie questions, but I thought it was best to ask them anyway.
Does anyone else have any interest in a plugin that can achieve the above, and
is there any other requirements that you can think of?
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