[MSITE-1016] site:stage should function without a URL specified in the POM

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.20.0
• Component/s: Maven 3
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Claude Warren
• Created: 28/Sep/24 12:13
• Updated: 30/Sep/24 11:52

Description

Note: actual version is 3.8.6

Documentation states:

By default, the site will be staged in a directory target/staging/.

Issue description:

When I try to run site:stage without a site entry in the pom distrobutionManagement section I get an error that says the site entry must be specified.

Specifying
<distributionManagement>
<site>
<id>staging</id>
</site>
</distributionManagement>

Will yield an error that states the URL must be specified. Entering an invalid URL solves the problem.

<distributionManagement>
<site>
<id>staging</id>
<url>invalid:url</url>
</site>
</distributionManagement>

The above is literally the text in my pom file.

Desired setup:

I would like to see the URL be optional so that I can trigger the site:stage goal without having to specify the URL in the pom and without having to specify the stagingDirectory on the command line.

I would also like this better documented.

Issue Links

• is caused by: RAT-409 Site generation does not work without package