[MRELEASE-62] Option not to run install phase during realease:prepare

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Environment: xp,clearcase,starteam
• Assignee: John Dennis Casey
• Reporter: Dan Tran
• Created: 30/Nov/05 00:24
• Updated: 18/Nov/08 05:29
• Resolved: 06/Dec/05 13:23

Description

I have a build environments where daily release build is required and the build is long ( 1 - 2 hours is the norm).

By using the current release plugin, the prepare step forces the install phase, we end up to do the build at both
prepare and perform steps and therefore the build time is double.

I would like to propose that maven-release-plugin allows an option not to invoke the install phase. Here are my
thoughts on this.

• Fail daily build is a norm, however failure is selfdom now with the help of contiguous integration (ie Continuum).

• Since the build is long, passing the prepare phase, does not mean it will pass at perform phase since user
  can checkin changes at the build phase in prepare step.

Thoughts?

Would binding preprare mojo to initialize phase is good enought? how can we optionally change the execute phase
at run time?

Issue Links

• is related to: MRELEASE-3 release:prepare should not require multimodule artifacts to be in the local repository