[jira] Commented: (AXIS2-4888) The org.apache.axis2:axis2 Maven artifact should not have a classifier

["Andreas Veithen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Andreas Veithen commented on AXIS2-4888:
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Analysis:

Just before the 1.5.3 I added an assembly (src/main/assembly/dists.xml) that produces the directory structure (distributions+MD5+PGP) that needs to be deployed to www.apache.org/dist. This assembly uses ${settings.localRepository} because the checksum and signature files can only be retrieved from the local repository. This property is only supported in maven-assembly-plugin >= 2.2. However, starting with version 2.2, maven-assembly-plugin uses a different approach to generate artifacts without classifiers [1]. After upgrading to 2.2 for the 1.5.3 release, the axis2.jar got a classifier ('jar') while in previous releases it had no classifier.

It should be noted that it is in general not a good idea to use org.apache.axis2:axis2 as a Maven dependency because it doesn't declare its dependencies. Instead, individual modules (such as axis2-kernel) should be used as dependencies. axis2.jar is useful mainly for projects that don't use Maven, and for these projects, the fact that there is an additional '-jar' in the name is not a big issue.

[1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/faq.html#required-classifiers

> The org.apache.axis2:axis2 Maven artifact should not have a classifier
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>                 Key: AXIS2-4888
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AXIS2-4888
>             Project: Axis2
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 1.5.3
>         Environment: N/A
>            Reporter: David J. M. Karlsen
>            Priority: Minor
>
> The jar at http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/axis2/axis2/1.5.3/ is badly name.
> It's jar.jar and should be .jar

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