It's not completely related to the naming discussion, but more about the
relation-ship with maven itself.
Is it possible (in a more a less near future) to have "bundle" type
recognized by default by maven ?
--G


2013/2/28 Stuart McCulloch <[email protected]>

> On 28 Feb 2013, at 07:05, fbalicchia wrote:
>
> > I think it is the best choice to follow the naming convention.
> > What I do not understand is why plugins can't be hosted by Apache
>
> The Apache Maven team prefer to keep the maven-NNN-plugin naming for
> plugins developed and maintained by them (ie. those with groupId
> org.apache.maven.plugins) whereas Maven plugins developed by other Apache
> (or non-Apache) projects are encouraged to use NNN-maven-plugin naming. The
> idea is to help avoid confusion about which plugins are directly supported
> by Apache Maven team and which are supported elsewhere:
>
>         http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg128850.html
>
> While renaming the plugin would be a courtesy to the Apache Maven team, it
> is not mandatory if it would cause problems for downstream users - hence
> this discussion thread.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Cheers, Stuart
>
> > Thanks
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --Filippo
> >
> > 2013/2/27 Stuart McCulloch <[email protected]>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Now that we've got a 2.x version of bndlib in Maven Central (
> http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Cbiz.aQute%7Cbndlib%7C2.0.0.20130123-133441%7Cjar-
>  same level as shipped in bndtools 2) I'm looking to sort out a new
> release of the maven-bundle-plugin, once I've gone through and triaged the
> pending issues in JIRA.
> >
> > I also figure that now might be the best time to "fix" the plugin name
> according to Maven guidelines:
> http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-plugin-documentation.html- 
> apparently the name "maven-NNN-plugin" is supposed to be reserved for
> plugins hosted by Apache Maven, while plugins hosted elsewhere should use
> names like "NNN-maven-plugin".
> >
> > So along with the upgrade to bndlib 2.x, I'm proposing to change the
> plugin name to:
> >
> >         bnd-maven-plugin
> >
> > which both respects the Maven plugin naming convention, and recognises
> the bnd code which is actually doing most of the work.
> >
> > WDYT?
> >
> > --
> > Cheers, Stuart
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