[MCHANGES-242] release: support scmBuildNumber and scmTag attribute

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.4
• Component/s: changes.xml
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Florian Brunner
• Created: 12/May/11 11:39
• Updated: 22/Dec/14 11:19
• Resolved: 22/Dec/14 11:19

Description

I think it's very important to state the buildNumber and the tag of a release in the change log.

I suggest to add 2 optional attributes to the release element:

• scmBuildNumber
• scmTag

One could then set

• scmBuildNumber to ${buildNumber} (overriden by Build Number Maven Plugin; initialize to -1?)
• scmTag to ${tag} (overriden by Maven Release Plugin; initialize to ${project.build.finalName}?)

Of course this means that filtering should be supported (which would be a good thing anyway).