[jira] (MTOOLCHAINS-6) Cannot create custom toolchain type

["Markus KARG (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

Markus KARG created MTOOLCHAINS-6:
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             Summary: Cannot create custom toolchain type
                 Key: MTOOLCHAINS-6
                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MTOOLCHAINS-6
             Project: Maven Toolchains Plugin
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 1.0
         Environment: Win 7 Pro SP1 64 Bit, mvn 3.0.4, JDK 1.7.0_45
            Reporter: Markus KARG
            Priority: Blocker


The web site says that it is possible to use other toolchains besides <jdk>.
Actually the site links to a nonexistent TBD page. This is very ugly.

*** Please tell the truth on the web page: It is simply impossible to use any other toolschain type besides <jdk>! ***

It would be really cool, if someone could simply write:
<toolchains>
  <type>installshield</type>
  <provides>
    <id>isx</id>
    <version>10.0</version>
    <vendor>macrovision</vendor>
  </provides>
  <configuration>
    <installshieldHome>C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield X</installshieldHome>
  </configuration>
</toolchains>

...and the plugin would in turn simply provide a property that one can read in the POM using ${installshieldHome} -- without any need to write Java code, register custom types, provide more xml, whatever!

This seems to be such an obvious need that I just cannot believe that it does not already work exactly that way in the 1.0 release of the toolchains plugin...! :-)

I really beg for that! :-)



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