Re: [xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Add extension related information to XAR package.xml file

Hi guys, I would like to modify a bit the Maven XAR plugin to add in the package.xml some extension related informations like the extension id and version at the very least.

The idea is to be able to know what a XAR is exactly like we have the pom.xml packaged with the jar file for example. Among other things it will cover the following use cases: * when someone import a XAR with the standard UI, automatically register it in the extension index if it happen to be an extension (i.e. if we find extension informations in its package.xml) * wiki manager and workspaces can properly register actual extension when creating their default template from a XAR the first time (this is for example required to be able to upgrade a farm with EM where pretty much all the wiki as been created from this default template) In both cases the idea is to support as much current behaviours as we can and still be able to use the full power of Extension Manager. There should not be any backward compatibility issue here since it does not really change anything in the XAR structure. WDYT ? Here is my +1 Thanks, -- Thomas Mortagne