[maven-assembly-plugin] smart(er) dependency merge

[robert burrell donkin-2]

(If support for this use case already exists then apologies in advance
but I suspect it's not supported and that I'll need to hack some extra
code...)

specific use case:
 assemble a jar containing all dependencies without losing legal meta-data

example:
 LICENSE and NOTICE in META-INF must be preserved when including an
Apache License, Version 2 dependency

workaround:
 manually maintaining specific LICENSE and NOTICE for the assembly and
updating any time any dependency changes upstream


Perhaps add this would be a little too specific for a general plugin.
So, one way to satisfy this case is by adding a solution to

more general use case:
 extensible support for smart dependency mergers with collision
detection and resolution


Opinions?

Robert

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[David Jencks]

I think the shade plugin does something like this.

david jencks

On Jun 30, 2011, at 12:45 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote:

> (If support for this use case already exists then apologies in advance
> but I suspect it's not supported and that I'll need to hack some extra
> code...)
>
> specific use case:
> assemble a jar containing all dependencies without losing legal meta-data
>
> example:
> LICENSE and NOTICE in META-INF must be preserved when including an
> Apache License, Version 2 dependency
>
> workaround:
> manually maintaining specific LICENSE and NOTICE for the assembly and
> updating any time any dependency changes upstream
>
>
> Perhaps add this would be a little too specific for a general plugin.
> So, one way to satisfy this case is by adding a solution to
>
> more general use case:
> extensible support for smart dependency mergers with collision
> detection and resolution
>
>
> Opinions?
>
> Robert
>
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[robert burrell donkin-2]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:52 AM, David Jencks <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I think the shade plugin does something like this.

Looks like it does...

Thanks :-)

Robert

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[robert burrell donkin-2]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 8:52 AM, David Jencks <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> I think the shade plugin does something like this.
>
> Looks like it does...

I've submitted [1] a documentation patch to help users of assembly to
find uber jar

Robert

[1] http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MASSEMBLY-562

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