On 4/13/2010 10:15 AM, Marshall Schor wrote:
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> On 4/13/2010 10:04 AM, Marshall Schor wrote:
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>> In the org.apache:apache:7 pom, a common parent-pom for apache projects,
>> I see in the apache-release profile section, a part which creates the
>> source-release artifact.
>>
>> This runs the maven-assembly-plugin, and passes it a dependency on
>> org.apache.apache.resources:apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor:1.0.2.
>>
>> In the configuration, it specifies a descriptorRef of
>> ${sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor}.
>>
>> I looked in the documentation for the maven-assembly-plugin, and can't
>> find this usage documented.
>>
>> So - some questions:
>>
>> Is the value of descriptorRef ( ${sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor} ) a
>> maven "property"? If so, where is it set?
>>
>> The "descriptorRef" parameter is documented to refer to one of 4
>> built-in assembly descriptors. Is this usage allowing it to refer to
>> some other non-built-in descriptor? If so, how is the linkage
>> established (I presume via the "dependency" element, but what name(s)?
>> need to match with what to make this magic happen?
>>
>>
> I found the answer to this here:
>
> http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/assemblies-sect-best-practices.html#assemblies-sect-standard-reusable
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> It doesn't however describe the "property", but instead uses a plain
> string. So I still have that question...
>
Found the answer to that, below in the file, where the line
<sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>source-release</sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>
defines this as the string "source-release"
Thanks for listening :-) -Marshall
> -Marshall
>
>> Or, have I guessed incorrectly as to what is happening here ;-) ?
>>
>> -Marshall
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