Generate source jars supporting Eclipse Source Bundle format.
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Key: MSOURCES-41
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MSOURCES-41
Project: Maven 2.x Source Plugin
Issue Type: New Feature
Affects Versions: 2.0.4
Environment: Eclipse 3.3+
Reporter: Don Laidlaw
When developing eclipse plugins, or any OSGi bundle, it is desirable to create
the source attachments for a project as Eclipse Source Bundles. See
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Source_Bundles
A source bundle appears in the target platform (the bundles in the runtime) and
allows the user to step into the source in debug, view the source, and see the
javadoc from the source. All without having to download the source project.
Source bundles differ from source attachments in non OSGi projects in that they
are part of the target platform, which is resolved dynamically at runtime, not
at compile time with the classpath.
It is very easy to extend the maven source plugin to create these source
bundles. They are identical to the currently generated jar, with the addition
of a few entries in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file. So source jars usable as
source bundles are also 100% compatible with what is currently generated.
I have already done the work and would be happy to contribute this back if
there is any interest.
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