Re: Remove "cayenne-modeler-maven-plugin" in 5.0?

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You are cooking with gas now!

On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 8:13=E2=80=AFPM Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]=
> wrote:

> I do have a lot of empathy for people trying to bypass enterprise securit=
y
> :) So here is a simple working recipe:
>
> --- pom fragment ---
>
> <dependencies>
>     <dependency>
>         <groupId>org.apache.cayenne.modeler</groupId>
>         <artifactId>cayenne-modeler</artifactId>
>         <version>${cayenne.version}</version>
>     </dependency>
> </dependencies>
>
> <build>
>     <plugins>
>         <plugin>
>             <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
>             <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
>             <version>3.5.0</version>
>             <executions>
>                 <execution>
>                     <id>run-modeler</id>
>                     <goals>
>                         <goal>java</goal>
>                     </goals>
>                 </execution>
>             </executions>
>             <configuration>
>                 <mainClass>org.apache.cayenne.modeler.Main</mainClass>
>             </configuration>
>         </plugin>
>     </plugins>
> </build>
>
>
> --- run command ----
> $ mvn exec:java@run-modeler
>
>
> It works with any version, past or future. We should just document this t=
o
> make it more accessible.
>
> Andrus
>
>
> > On May 3, 2026, at 7:10=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]=
> wrote:
> >
> >> What's preventing those people from installing the Modeler?
> >
> > Honestly, enterprise policy, especially on Windows systems that were mu=
ch
> > more locked down than Macs. Running CM as a Maven plugin backdoored the
> app
> > into their systems. I could also make them a cm.bat file or give them t=
he
> > mvn command to run. The latter was usually preferred as running a .bat
> file
> > was against policy.
> >
> > mrg
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 3, 2026 at 5:37=E2=80=AFPM Andrus Adamchik <aadamchik@gmail=
.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I just whacked it yesterday :) Made Modeler internals a bit cleaner.
> >>
> >>> make it easier for people to run CM who didn't have it installed.
> >>
> >> I understand that this is the use case, but I can't relate to it. What=
's
> >> preventing those people from installing the Modeler?
> >>
> >> A.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On May 3, 2026, at 5:09=E2=80=AFPM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]=
om>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I always created a cm.sh script in the root project directory to make
> it
> >>> easier for people to run CM who didn't have it installed.
> >>>
> >>> The solution you show, for the Mac at least, works if you have CM
> >> installed
> >>> and a Mac. :-)
> >>>
> >>> I don't have any strong opinions, but if the burden of keeping the
> Maven
> >>> plugin is minimal, I think I'd want to keep it.
> >>>
> >>> mrg
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 5:30=E2=80=AFPM Andrus Adamchik <aadamchik@gm=
ail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> FYI: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CAY-2925. Anyone feels
> >>>> strongly about the need for starting the Modeler from Maven? This
> always
> >>>> looked odd to me. Besides the following works just fine (on Mac):
> >>>>
> >>>> $ open CayenneModeler.app --args ~/path/to/cayenne-project.xml
> >>>>
> >>>> Andrus
> >>
> >>
>
>

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