On 10/01/2008, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---- Original Message ---- > From: Jochen Wiedmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 10/01/2008, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > [..] > > > +1 to this sentiment. I completely reject the notion of generating > NOTICE.txt. That is our responsibility here in commons. > > > And I reject the attitude to discard a solution *once and forever*, > > simply because there is an aspect in the *current* implementation that > > you dislike.
My position is that no matter how good the plugin is, the NOTICE file needs to be generated manually in order to ensure proper oversight. It seems to me that it should be possible to review the NOTICE file for compliance without having to generate it. > > This is what I also said, and got snipped: > "Whether this affects a particular plugin or not is of non relevance to > me." > > ie. I personally have no idea what the rest of the plugin does, its not of > great interest to me. My point is specific to NOTICE.txt. To a lesser degree > it also affects LICENSE.txt, which should also be in svn IMO. > > Stephen > > > > The value of the mrr plugin (in the light of the Apache policies) is > > that it provides the technical solution for a non-trivial task: To > > ensure that artifacts contain the required files. Having been the > > person who was forced to implement a comparable solution in the past > > for a several projects and for several artifacts separately, I am very > > happy if someone provides a solution that does exactly that and will > > take care for possible other artifacts in the future. The question, > > how and from where the NOTICE.txt file is obtained is a minor problem, > > which can easily be achieved, in the worst case by subclassing the > > plugin. So, what's the reason to be so gruff? > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
