Just a thought. How about we introduce a default alias mechanism where if
you type
maven foo
Then if there is no target called 'foo' it will look for a target called
'foo:build'. i.e. then we can just use the prefix name to build stuff. In
other words we introduce a default target name, 'build' for each plugin.
Then for most plugins we get an easy way to build stuff
maven ant = maven ant:build
maven clover = maven clover:build
maven javadoc = maven javadoc:build
maven test = maven test:build
etc.
Then we keep the modular approach, yet avoid lots of typing for targets.
Thoughts?
James
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From: "Peter Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: About plugin names ...
> below...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason van Zyl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Turbine Maven Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: About plugin names ...
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>
> On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 15:18, St�phane MOR wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Maven B5 is now mostly functional.
> >> Most, if not all, of the previous "maven:foo" targets are working.
> >> I'd like to "normalize" the goal names, so that we can do as before, ie
:
> >> maven jar
> >> maven compile
> >> etc...
>
> >We prefixed them with the plugin name for a reason. I just notice that
> >you've gone though and un-prefixed them. If other plugins have something
> >called 'activity' or 'changelog' then there are going to be problems.
>
> If other plugins have something called activity:activity we have a problem
too
> no?
>
> >> For most of the goals, we created default goals that match these names.
> >> Though, they are simply aliases to the "java:jar"-like names, which are
> >> hard to remember and type.
> >>
> >> So, the names I'd like to clean are :
> >> - activity:generate -> activity
> >> - ant:generate-build -> ant
> >> - changelog:generate -> changelog
> >> - clean:clean -> clean
> >> - jdepend:generate-report -> jdepend
> >> - jxr:generate -> jxr
> >> - site:generate -> site
>
> >-1
>
> >We agreed that plugin:goal was going to be the naming convention. We can
> >have an aliases file or something but inside the plugins the goals need
> >the prefix for namespace safety.
>
> When did we agree again? Where was the vote? Seems sometimes things get a
little
> too focused around IRC, and I'm sure I as guilty as the rest...
>
> Given you can't have two plugins with the same name, then having a goal
called
> the same as the plugin name should not be a problem. I don't get why you
need to
> overload this with the alias concept. Seems wasteful...
>
> +1 to the goal name change as it saves typing and implies a default for
that
> plugin.
>
> -Peter
>
> > If anyone thinks that could break existing installations, or that it
would
> > not be backward compatible, we can keep the existing aliases, but I
think
> > that having two names for a goal is a bit of a waste and not really easy
to
> > maintain.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > St�phane
> >
> >
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