jira-importer commented on issue #221: URL: https://github.com/apache/maven-war-plugin/issues/221#issuecomment-2967853770
**[David Jencks](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=djencks)** commented I think adding this capability is a very good idea. IIUC the only argument against it is that it is possible to get the same effect by putting the classes into a separate project. I think this ignores the different effects and affect of having 2 projects: 1. Having 2 projects forces you to maintain what you are likely to be thinking of as one project in two places: e.g. even without jsps, the web.xml is going to be far away in the file system and IDE from the classes it is the descriptor for. I think breaking the way people think about their project in this way is inadvisable. 2. If you have jsps, you cannot precompile them and include them in the project classes jar without moving them into the classes project. What should be a packaging option requires major svn changes to your project. 3. With 2 projects you are forced to publish the classes jar. You may not want to pollute your repo with this artifact that you may regard as unnecessary. Also, you are apt to want to name both projects with the same name. 4. If you want 2 profiles, one to pack classes into a jar and the other to leave them in WEB-INF/classes, you are forced to unpack the jar if the jar is from a separate project. This is going to be a bit slower than not creating the jar in the first place. I'm sure there are more, this is just what came to mind during a moments consideration. war files are a pretty strange and perhaps inadvisable construction, but I think it is better for maven to try to adapt to what they are and how they are used rather than trying to force everyone to essentially use something else. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org
