Merge pull request #207 from vrockai/HAWKULAR-334

HAWKULAR-334: Refactored the link profile

ui/README.adoc

@@ -46,22 +46,18 @@ The advantage of this approach is, that is scans for file changes in the source
 into the target directory (`$HAWKULAR_ROOT/dist/target/hawkular-x.y.x-SNAPSHOT/wildfly-x.y.z.Final/`), which is suitable for console 
 developing since it doesn't require the whole maven build to see the actual changes in the console UI.
 
-If you want to use your local version of hawkular-ui-components, you can use the `link` profile and the
-https://oncletom.io/2013/live-development-bower-component/[bower link functionality]. In the hawkular-ui-components,
-link your bower package with:
-
-`bower link`
-
-and then build Hawkular with:
+== Other packages development
 
-`mvn clean install -Plink`
+If you want to use a local version of a bower component, you can use the `link` profile together with the
+https://oncletom.io/2013/live-development-bower-component/[bower link functionality]. In your bower component,
+link the bower package with:
 
-== Other packages development
+`bower link`
 
-The `link` profile links the hawkular-ui-components as a default package to link. But you can use it for any other package
-as well. Just set the `bower.link.package` parameter, i.e.:
+and then build Hawkular with the `bower.link.package` property pointing to the package name, i.e.:
 
-`mvn clean install -Pdev,link -Dbower.link.package=hawkular-charts`
+`mvn clean install -Pdev -Dbower.link.package=hawkular-charts`
 
-Please, be aware, that you can combine the `link` profile with other profiles, like the `dev` profile. Don't forget to
-run `bower link` in the package you're about to link before running maven `link` profile.
+You don't have to specify the link profile itself with the `-P`, since it's activated everytime the `bower.link.package`
+property is passed to the build. Please, be aware, that you can combine the `link` profile with other profiles, like the
+`dev` profile. Don't forget to run `bower link` in the package you're about to link before using the maven `link` profile.

ui/console/pom.xml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <hawkular.console.timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</hawkular.console.timestamp>
     <hawkular.console.context>/</hawkular.console.context>
     <hawkular.console.index.html.base.href>/</hawkular.console.index.html.base.href>
-    <bower.link.package>hawkular-ui-components</bower.link.package>
+    <bower.link.package></bower.link.package>
     <node.version>v0.10.33</node.version>
     <node.npm.version>2.1.10</node.npm.version>
     <node.maven.plugin.version>0.0.23</node.maven.plugin.version>
@@ -225,6 +225,12 @@
 
     <profile>
       <id>link</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>bower.link.package</name>
+          <value></value>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
       <properties>
         <hawkular.console.context>/</hawkular.console.context>
         <hawkular.console.index.html.base.href>/</hawkular.console.index.html.base.href>