Today we released the first public version of the SJMP! Its current version is 0.2.0, so expect that there are some rough edges and plenty of use cases still unsupported.
The smartics JIRA Maven Plugin supports updating information on a JIRA server to integrate into our Maven build process.
This plugin is one additional building block for the automation of process around the projectdoc Toolbox for Confluence. Together with the Doctype Maven Plugin and the Apptools Maven Plugin this is the third plugin to make daily tasks simple and fast to execute.
None of the plugin goals requires a POM file to be present. In case such a POM file or the Maven Settings file is present, information (like the URL to the issue management system or the credentials for the JIRA server) will used.
Currently the following use cases are supported:
- Adding new versions from the commandline
- Adding issues that depend in a root issue from the commandline (such as there is a new feature in the Doctypes MP and we need to add issues in the Doctype Add-ons)
- Checking differences between the Maven POM and the JIRA Project (because the REST Client API does not support more currently)
We also have the help and usage goal to support users directly on the commandline.
The main use case for us us is to created related issues. If we have a new feature with our Doctype Maven Plugin that generates a new artifact into existing doctype add-ons or fixes a bug on generated artifacts, then users of these add-ons need to be informed. This is typically done by adding a new issue to the individual doctype add-on projects, explaining briefly that this new feature exists or an issue has been solved. With this plugin the related issues can be created automatically, link to the root issue, and be set to a fixed state. No manual steps involved.
