Compatibility

For most of the NAR plugin we try to keep things backwards compatible. Versions 1.x were made for Maven 1 and therefore we are not compatible with those.

In the NAR Plugin 2.x series we had to introduce some backward incompatibilites and other changes. Below a (rather incomplete) list.

Version 2.1.x

  • The internal layout of the nar files (.nar extension) is stable. No changes were made.
  • The layout of the files under target and under the unpacked directory has changed. For more information see NarLayout21 (version 2.1.x and up) and NarLayout20 (version 2.0.x).
  • The dependency in 2.0 used to be without a type specified. You now need to specify typenar/type as this is more in line with the standard of maven. It also allows the NAR plugin to find dependencies locally in a multi-module build.
  • The main artifact is a jar file, where the NAR plugin attaches a -noarch nar file and some platform specific nar files. When installed and or deployed the main jar file is renamed to a nar file, hence the dependecy type change from jar to nar.
  • The unpacking of nar files used to take place in a subdirectory of the local repositories directory of that artifact. As of 2.1.x we unpack in a subdirectory of the target directory. This used more diskspace (and a little time), however it avoids concurrent access to possibly half unpacked nar files when 2 or more maven invocations are running in parallel.