Re: Donation of Maven plugins to the Maven Project.

by brettporter :: Rate this Message:

On 09/05/2008, at 3:06 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote:

>>
>>> How does this differ from the remote-resources plugin? Could it be
>>> combined with that?
>>
>> Remote resources plugin simply bundles resources together as a
>> different
>> artifact to allow other builds to depend on the same set of
>> resources.
>>
>
> It's grabs the transitive set of projects and takes the organization
> name out. Adding something like:
>
> handleProject( MavenProject ) { do whatever you like; }
>
> To generalize it would be nice instead of duplicating the logic in
> another plugin.

>>
>>> I would suggest as a starting point you can put them in the Maven
>>> sandbox (or branch the remote resources plugin there and
>>> incorporate),
>>> if there is support for it here, since all Apache committers have
>>> access there.
>>
>> Awesome, Ill prepare and put both of these plugins into sandbox now.
>>
>
> Ah, hold on there. 1) Since when did accepting new bodies of code be
> decided between two people.

It shouldn't be, and IMO this discussion should continue and get some
more opinions (as I said "if there is support here"). After that, the
sandbox is the best starting point and if anything goes in that is
more than James' own work, then the IP clearance papers should of
course be filled in too.

But one standard for everyone, please. You checked in a more
significant contribution without discussion *at all* just a few days
ago (http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=653572).

> For one I disagree it's appropriate to even bring them here, and 2)
> new bodies of code need to go through the incubator which is why I
> suggested Mojo which gives the default search behavior (which is a
> good thing) and generally less cumbersome.

I think combining of the license functionality with the remote
resources plugin (or basing them both on a common ground) is worth
having here. Good support for tracking and recording licenses is
something I value as a part of this project.

As for the wagon plugin... if it is closely related to the wagon
releases and adds value I think it's of value in Wagon, especially if
it can actually incorporate the couple of other ones floating around
already. If it's just going to be more for us to maintain without
value then it's better off somewhere else. I trust James to make the
call on which to attempt, fully aware of the work that's involved in
doing so. The sandbox is open to all Apache committers to play around
with, obviously then doing the work to get it into a release is
another matter.

- Brett

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