[jira] Commented: (MNG-3344) Provide new POM element to configure site directory (e.g. "src/site")

["Benjamin Bentmann (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

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Benjamin Bentmann commented on MNG-3344:
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Another reason why such a POM element would be good: If we wanted to implement a rule [RequireSkinVersion|http://www.nabble.com/Plugin-Versions-in-the-Super-pom-to15367074s177.html#a15402554] for the Maven Enforcer Plugin, this plugin could more easily share the config with the Maven Site Plugin (needed to find the site descriptor).

> Provide new POM element to configure site directory (e.g. "src/site")
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>
>                 Key: MNG-3344
>                 URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-3344
>             Project: Maven 2
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: POM
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.8
>            Reporter: Benjamin Bentmann
>             Fix For: 2.1-alpha-1
>
>
> As requested in MSITE-91 and its various duplicates, the input location for the site generation should be configurable. Currently, this is realized by a configuration parameter (siteDirectory) for the maven-site-plugin itself but I argue that this is not sufficient/robust for all cases. The problem is that the plugin cannot access its configuration in ancestor POMs and hence can only guess.
> For example, take the following multi-module scenario:
>   project-parent/
>     doc/
>       site.xml
>     project-module/
>       src/
>         site/
>           site.xml
> Let us ignore the fact that such is layout is unusual, weird, bad-practice or whatever you would like to call it. The point is, it should be possible. The important aspect of the example is that both POMs will need to use a different configuration of the maven-site-plugin to find the site descriptor (and related files). The parent POM will have siteDirectory=doc while the module POM will have siteDirectory=src/site.
> Now consider the plugin's steps when building the site for project-module. From the plugin configuration in "project-module/pom.xml", it knows to search the site descriptor for the sub project in "src/site". To apply inheritance, the plugin then needs to locate the site descriptor of the parent project. Ups. The plugin cannot access the corresponding plugin configuration in "project-parent/pom.xml". So it can only assume that the parent uses the same directory layout for the site as the current sub module.
> Having a dedicated POM element for the site files, e.g. ${project.reporting.siteDirectory}, would allow the maven-site-plugin to properly determine the location of the site descriptor of any ancestor project. The super POM can default this element to "src/site" to get the usual behavior.

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