[MWAR-211] Ability to rename a dependency's jar when putting it on the lib folder

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Magno Machado Paulo
• Created: 25/Aug/09 10:43
• Updated: 25/Sep/12 17:35
• Resolved: 25/Sep/12 17:35

Description

Maven put on my 'lib' folder the jars of my project's dependencies named like <artefactId>-<version>.jar

This is a problem when we need to reference the jar filename from sourcecode, because if we change the dependency version, we have to track all source code references to it and correct them. This is the case when importing a taglib into a jsp page

It would be better if Maven put only <artefactId>.jar on the lib folder. And even better if it let us use any custom name we want for the dependencies. If no name is specified, then it could use the current pattern.

Issue Links

• is related to: MWAR-161 Overridden artifact finalName ist ignored by the war plugin.