[MJAR-170] please add property 'maven.jar.classifier'

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.4
• Fix Version/s: 2.5
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Olivier Lamy
• Reporter: ryenus
• Created: 17/Sep/13 00:37
• Updated: 05/Apr/15 14:43
• Resolved: 24/Sep/13 05:40

Description

For maven-source-plugin, adding a classifier to the source jar file name is as simple as:

1. setup property <maven.source.classifier>jdk6-sources</maven.source.classifier>
2. setup the right version of Maven source plugin, e.g. version 2.2.1

And that's enough.

But to add a classifier to the binary jar file name, we must use the very verbose way of configuring the maven-jar-plugin, as below:

<plugin>
	<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
	<executions>
		<execution>
			<phase>package</phase>
			<goals>
				<goal>jar</goal>
			</goals>
			<configuration>
				<classifier>jdk6</classifier>
			</configuration>
		</execution>
	</executions>
</plugin>

By adding support for the maven.jar.classifier property, it would be much more straightforward and consistent.