[MNG-6450] Allow importing a POM with a classifier

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.0
• Component/s: Dependencies, POM
• Labels: easy-fix pull-request-available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Yegor Borovikov
• Created: 24/Jul/18 20:40
• Updated: 19/Nov/20 08:23

Description

Currently, a POM-packaged artifact with a classifier cannot be imported - there is an explicit check for that in DefaultModelValidator. I couldn't find anything in Maven documentation that would mention/explain this limitation. According to rfscholte this might be "historical".

Example use case: a BOM (bill of materials) plugin could generate a BOM POM and attach it (with a classifier) to the project. However, currently there's no way to import the generated BOM because of the restriction.

Issue Links

• blocks: SLING-8664 Sling Starter dependency import for projects built on top of it
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #175