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<big>1. Move the 'dspace-pom' module from the 'dspace-pom' directory to the root directory of the project.</big>
<big>2. Remove the profile activations from the 'dspace' that are based on the presence of a pom.xml file all together, and instead force the modules to be "always-on" by putting them in <module>/<modules> elements in the 'dspace-pom' module (now in the root directory).</big>
This still allows for modularity, and the Eclipse M2 plugin will recognize each sub-project.
<big>3. Move the remaining profiles from 'dspace' and put them in the 'dspace-pom' module (e.g. the oracle and postgres related profiles).</big>
This is so that users can activate profiles from the root of the project, and removes non-assembly related roles from the 'dspace' module.
<big>4. Rename the 'dspace' module to 'dspace-assembly'.</big>
Now the role of the 'dspace-assembly' project is clear.
<big>5. Create a new profile, named 'assemble' to activate the 'dspace-assembly' module in the 'dspace-pom' module.</big>
So that assembly needs to be specifically invoked, keep it out of the regular build cycle. I suppose this really isn't needed, but.
<big>6. My suggestion would be to update module ancestry to follow the new directory structure:</big>
dspace-pom -> dspace-jspui dspace-pom -> dspace-api dspace-pom -> dspace-assembly dspace-pom -> dspace-oai dspace-pom -> language-packs dspace-pom -> dspace-xmlui -> dspace-xmlui-api dspace-pom -> dspace-xmlui -> dspace-xmlui-webapp dspace-pom -> dspace-xmlui -> dspace-xmlui-wing dspace-pom -> dspace-lni -> dspace-lni-core dspace-pom -> dspace-lni -> dspace-lni-client dspace-pom -> dspace-lni -> dspace-lni-webapp
Maven 2 and its plugins just seem to deal nicer when the directory structure of the modules mimics the ancestry of a module.
<big>don't use '<relativePath>', and update subproject dependencies as required</big>
This results in a source layout like:
. |-- dspace-api | `-- src |-- dspace-assembly | |-- bin | |-- config | |-- docs | |-- etc | `-- src |-- dspace-jspui | `-- src |-- dspace-lni | |-- dspace-lni-client | |-- dspace-lni-core | `-- dspace-lni-webapp |-- dspace-oai | `-- src |-- dspace-xmlui | |-- dspace-xmlui-api | |-- dspace-xmlui-webapp | `-- dspace-xmlui-wing |-- language-packs | |-- ca [...] | `-- zh |-- pom.xml |-- src | |-- main | |-- site | `-- test
<big>7. You'll need to tweak the paths of the assembly descriptors. Assembly would be invoked from the root of the project.</big>
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