Hi there, I'm just getting started with ivy, and I have many questions. Most have been answered by the docs, and some by searching the web. But, there's one thing I don't understand:
What is the purpose of separating the 'ext' from the artifact 'name'? I mean, why is 'ext' a separate thing at all? It's clearly distinct from the artifact 'type', but I fail to see why it's been made distinct from the artifact name. Can I safely ignore it or use an empty string when defined in ivy.xml, and not use [ext] at all in my build (ivy:publish) files? Case in point: mystuff.tar.gz. Is the 'name' = "mystuff", with an extension "tar.gz"? Or, is the 'name' = "mystuff.tar", with an extension "gz"? Or, is the 'name' = "mystuff.tar.gz", and the extension irrelevant? I think all are correct, conceptually. But it looks like ivy would have trouble handling the first one - at least, coming up with a pattern to match it would be not obvious. P.S. I hate to pile on more than one question, but these are so minor, I really don't want to start separate threads for them: Where do the docs explain that a physical artifact path is parsed to provide values for the bracketed portions of the artifactpattern? Do the docs point out that all such bracketed expressions in ivy:publish are matched against corresponding attributes defined in ivy.xml - and that the names generally match, except for [artifact], which is matched against the artifact elements' "name" attribute? I couldn't find this information.
