There is an open bug for this annoying behaviour: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRELEASE-255
I also listed a workaround as a comment in the bug. I hope that this bug gets fixed with the next release... Carsten Dennis Lundberg wrote: > This happens when Maven rewrites the pom file during release. I'm sure > why, but I have devised a workaround for it. Before doing the actual > release, do the following: > > 1. mvn release:prepare -DdryRun=true > 2. Compare pom.xml with pom.xml.tag > 3. Make sure you copy all the changes, except for changes to <version/> > and <scm/> tags, back to the pom.xml file. Common things that can change > are: removal of newlines at the end of the file, putting the entire > <project> tag on one line, using " instead of ' around attributes. > 4. Clear out the temporary release files by running > mvn release:clean > 5. Check in the changes you made to pom.xml > 6. Repeat until only the <version/> and <scm/> tags change > > > The license comment should be between the xml declaration and the > starting <project> tag. > > > Rahul Akolkar wrote: >> On 12/22/07, Jörg Schaible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Rahul Akolkar wrote: >>> >> <snip/> >>>> Yup, the pom gets distributed (as part of maven doing what it does), >>>> so having a license header seems important. However, the m2 release >>>> plugin strips it out [1] sometimes (no one clarified why or how to fix >>>> that last time I asked). So, either that needs fixing or someone needs >>>> to assert that poms do not need licenses. >>> It is kept, if the comment with the license is put after the project tag. >>> >> <snap/> >> >> Cool, had heard that on the grapevine [1]. >> >> -Rahul >> >> [1] http://tinyurl.com/2kj2vj >> >> >>> - Jörg >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > -- Carsten Ziegeler [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
