Hi, > We only need to create the release package when cutting a release > candidate. There's little benefit of building the release package when > you've already downloaded it. The normal package lifecycle is for > building the sources and packaging the resulting binaries. Ok not a real problem...just a note of mine...or question..thanks for the explanation.
> > > Why is the assembly.xml descriptor not in src/main/assembly folder ? > > I dislike having folders with just a single file in them, and there > does not seem to be any benefit (less configuration, better IDE/build > integration, etc.) to putting the file in src/main/assembly. Hm...i like the Maven way so i would prefer to put it into src/main/assembly...may be add files later...it's a little bit unusual to have files in the root of the project ... BTW: What about a .tar.gz ? > > maven-deploy-plugin (defined by apache parent) > > maven-javadoc-plugin (define by apache parent) > > maven-site-plugin (defined by apache parent) > There's no need to specify these plugin versions since they're > inherited from the parent. Yeah...as written defined by apache parent ;-) Ok... > > > maven-assembly-plugin ! > > maven-jxr-plugin ! > > maven-pmd-plugin ! > > maven-surefire-report-plugin ! > > Yep, we probably should fix these plugin versions. > > > [-1] > > - Missing plugin fixing of the versions > > - May be moving the assembly.xml descriptor to the "default" folder > > src/main/assembly (based on the doc of the assembly plugin..) > > Do you see these as blockers for the release? I wouldn't mind if Chris > wanted to do a second release candidate to fix these issues, but I'd > be equally happy to see these issues fixed in time for Tika 0.6 as > neither seems to be too critical. These issues are not critical...but i would suggest to fix at least the fixing versions for the plugins...for the 0.5 Release... Thanks for the good Framework... Kind regards Karl Heinz Marbaise -- MfG Karl Heinz Marbaise -- SoftwareEntwicklung Beratung Schulung Tel.: +49 (0) 2405 / 415 893 Dipl.Ing.(FH) Karl Heinz Marbaise ICQ#: 135949029 Hauptstrasse 177 USt.IdNr: DE191347579 52146 Würselen http://www.soebes.de