[MASSEMBLY-589] Support for URL in descriptor

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Auto Closed
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.2
• Environment: any
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Croesus
• Created: 09/Dec/11 02:59
• Updated: 06/Sep/15 20:45
• Resolved: 06/Sep/15 20:45

Description

Being able to add a URL as a descriptor would add considerable to the flexibility of the plugin.
So in the configuration element the following would work:

...
  <configuration>
    <descriptors>
      <descriptor>http://my.website/assembly.xml</descriptor>
    </descriptors>
  </configuration>

The implementation could be similar to how it is done in the maven-checkstyle-plugin, i.e. the <configLocation /> field which supports files or URLs