It is standard in the sense we do have a central syntax now and we do lead it by design, ack that type/classifier are a mess out there and we do miss extension cleanly defined but we have a workaround for it.
Romain Manni-Bucau @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> | Old Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book <https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064> Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) Le mar. 31 mars 2026, 19:27, Tamás Cservenák <[email protected]> a écrit : > Howdy, > > With consumer pom we can (locally) use any lingo we want. In fact, > Takari's Polyglot Maven already showed us a "tighter" XML format (the > short-XML) POM format: > https://github.com/takari/polyglot-maven/tree/master/polyglot-xml > > And no, it is not standardized. Or in other words, what IS > standardized is _Artifact_ as string form of > '<groupId>:<artifactId>[:<extension>[:<classifier>]]:<version>' > BUT, if you think about it, in Maven (in POM) you _never_ talk about > Artifact directly, you always talk about Dependency, Plugin, etc > So, while the G:A:V could work for plugins, but could not work for > dependencies.... those always have a "purpose" (type) among other > things like scope. > And those are NOT standardized at all. > > JBang does add some types supported by Maven4, like "fatjar" using @ > symbol, fx `jbang > eu.maveniverse.maven.plugins:toolbox:0.15.6:cli@fatjar` > (fatjar type has property set `includesDependencies=true`, so is an > uber JAR and does not need any dependencies, despite GAV:pom would > tell it does) > > > HTH > T > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM Romain Manni-Bucau > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > maybe we should move the syntax thread to a new maven 4.2/5 desired > feature > > one since it is unlikely it happens in 4.0.0 now? > > > > side note: g:a:v is almost standardized using resolver API (even with > > classifier/extension-type) so for maven users it wouldnt be worse than > > splitting in attributes IMHO > > > > Romain Manni-Bucau > > @rmannibucau <https://x.com/rmannibucau> | .NET Blog > > <https://dotnetbirdie.github.io/> | Blog <https://rmannibucau.github.io/> > | Old > > Blog <http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com> | Github > > <https://github.com/rmannibucau> | LinkedIn > > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> | Book > > < > https://www.packtpub.com/en-us/product/java-ee-8-high-performance-9781788473064 > > > > Javaccino founder (Java/.NET service - contact via linkedin) > > > > > > Le mar. 31 mars 2026 à 18:02, <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > > Tangent from an end user: > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2026 at 06:04:24PM +0000, Fabrice Bauzac wrote: > > > > You can change parts of the structure indeed, e.g. instead of > > > > > > > > #+begin_src xml > > > > <dependency> > > > > <groupId>g</groupId> > > > > <artifactId>a</artifactId> > > > > <version>v</version> > > > > </dependency> > > > > #+end_src > > > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > #+begin_src xml > > > > <dependency>g:a:v</dependency> > > > > #+end_src > > > > > > > > Which is fine. But please note that doing so does not require a > > > > change of namespace. > > > > > > Please, no. Use XML as it was designed: > > > > > > <dependency groupId='g' artifactId='a' version='v'/> > > > > > > If making a clean break, there are lots of places where the POM schema > > > can be made more precise without introducing additional layers of > > > parsing. > > > > > > -- > > > Mark H. Wood > > > Lead Technology Analyst > > > > > > University Library > > > Indiana University Indianapolis > > > 755 W. Michigan Street > > > Indianapolis, IN 46202 > > > 317-274-0749 > > > library.indianapolis.iu.edu > > > > > > ORCiD: 0000-0002-9558-3768 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
