I've figured out the necessary magic incantation that allows you to use an archetype without having to specify the archetype version number. Now anybody with Maven 2.0.7 installed can be up and running a Tapestry application in just a few seconds.
To test it out, I just removed my ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/tapestry folder and used the archetype to create a new Tapestry web application. The listing below gets clipped ... the command is mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.tapestry -DarchetypeArtifactId=quickstart -DgroupId=org.example -DartifactId=myapp -DpackageName=org.example.myapp -Dversion=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
$ mvn archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.tapestry -DarchetypeArtifactId=quickstart -DgroupId=org.example -DartifactId=myapp -DpackageName=org.example.myapp -Dversion=1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Default Project
[INFO] task-segment: [archetype:create] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class => 'org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'.
[INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'.
[INFO] **************************************************************
[INFO] Starting Jakarta Velocity v1.4
[INFO] RuntimeInstance initializing.
[INFO] Default Properties File: org/apache/velocity/runtime/defaults/velocity.properties
[INFO] Default ResourceManager initializing. (class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl)
[INFO] Resource Loader Instantiated: org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader
[INFO] ClasspathResourceLoader : initialization starting.
[INFO] ClasspathResourceLoader : initialization complete.
[INFO] ResourceCache : initialized. (class org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceCacheImpl)
[INFO] Default ResourceManager initialization complete.
[INFO] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Literal
[INFO] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Macro
[INFO] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Parse
[INFO] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Include
[INFO] Loaded System Directive: org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.Foreach
[INFO] Created: 20 parsers.
[INFO] Velocimacro : initialization starting.
[INFO] Velocimacro : adding VMs from VM library template : VM_global_library.vm
[ERROR] ResourceManager : unable to find resource 'VM_global_library.vm' in any resource loader.
[INFO] Velocimacro : error using VM library template VM_global_library.vm : org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource 'VM_global_library.vm'
[INFO] Velocimacro : VM library template macro registration complete.
[INFO] Velocimacro : allowInline = true : VMs can be defined inline in templates
[INFO] Velocimacro : allowInlineToOverride = false : VMs defined inline may NOT replace previous VM definitions
[INFO] Velocimacro : allowInlineLocal = false : VMs defined inline will be global in scope if allowed.
[INFO] Velocimacro : initialization complete.
[INFO] Velocity successfully started.
[INFO] [archetype:create]
[INFO] artifact org.apache.tapestry:quickstart: checking for updates from central
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/quickstart/5.0.6/quickstart-5.0.6.jar
11K downloaded
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Using following parameters for creating Archetype: quickstart:RELEASE
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Parameter: groupId, Value: org.example
[INFO] Parameter: packageName, Value: org.example.myapp
[INFO] Parameter: basedir, Value: /Users/Howard/work
[INFO] Parameter: package, Value: org.example.myapp
[INFO] Parameter: version, Value: 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
[INFO] Parameter: artifactId, Value: myapp
[WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/pom.xml [line 14,column 22] : ${tapestry-release-version} is not a valid reference.
[WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/pom.xml [line 80,column 26] : ${tapestry-release-version} is not a valid reference.
[INFO] ********************* End of debug info from resources from generated POM ***********************
[WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/src/main/webapp/Start.tml [line 11,column 34] : ${currentTime} is not a valid reference.
[INFO] Archetype created in dir: /Users/Howard/work/myapp
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 2 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Thu Oct 25 07:47:04 PDT 2007
[INFO] Final Memory: 5M/9M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
~/work
$ cd myapp
~/work/myapp
$ mvn jetty:run
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'jetty'.
[INFO] org.apache.maven.plugins: checking for updates from tapestry-snapshots
[INFO] org.codehaus.mojo: checking for updates from tapestry-snapshots
[INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin: checking for updates from tapestry-snapshots
[INFO] artifact org.mortbay.jetty:maven-jetty-plugin: checking for updates from tapestry-snapshots
[INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-war-plugin: checking for updates from tapestry-snapshots
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building myapp Tapestry 5 Application
[INFO] task-segment: [jetty:run]
[INFO] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Preparing jetty:run
[INFO] artifact org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin: checking for updates from tapestry-snapshots
[INFO] [resources:resources]
[INFO] Using default encoding to copy filtered resources.
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://maven.openqa.org//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.pom
3K downloaded
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-project/5.0.6/tapestry-project-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-project/5.0.6/tapestry-project-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://maven.openqa.org//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-project/5.0.6/tapestry-project-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-project/5.0.6/tapestry-project-5.0.6.pom
12K downloaded
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://maven.openqa.org//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.pom
3K downloaded
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://maven.openqa.org//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.pom
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.pom
1K downloaded
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://maven.openqa.org//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-repository/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-ioc/5.0.6/tapestry-ioc-5.0.6.jar
267K downloaded
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://maven.openqa.org//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-core/5.0.6/tapestry-core-5.0.6.jar
952K downloaded
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://maven.openqa.org//org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-repository/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://tapestry.formos.com/maven-snapshot-repository/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.jar
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/tapestry/tapestry-annotations/5.0.6/tapestry-annotations-5.0.6.jar
4K downloaded
[INFO] [compiler:compile]
[INFO] Compiling 2 source files to /Users/Howard/work/myapp/target/classes
[INFO] [resources:testResources]
[INFO] Using default encoding to copy filtered resources.
[INFO] [compiler:testCompile]
[INFO] Nothing to compile - all classes are up to date
[INFO] [jetty:run]
[INFO] Configuring Jetty for project: myapp Tapestry 5 Application
[INFO] Webapp source directory = /Users/Howard/work/myapp/src/main/webapp
[INFO] web.xml file = /Users/Howard/work/myapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
[INFO] Classes = /Users/Howard/work/myapp/target/classes
2007-10-25 07:47:44.872::INFO: Logging to STDERR via org.mortbay.log.StdErrLog
[INFO] Context path = /myapp
[INFO] Tmp directory = /Users/Howard/work/myapp/target/work
[INFO] Web defaults = jetty default
[INFO] Web overrides = none
[INFO] Webapp directory = /Users/Howard/work/myapp/src/main/webapp
[INFO] Starting jetty 6.1H.5-beta ...
2007-10-25 07:47:44.011::INFO: jetty-6.1H.5-beta
2007-10-25 07:47:44.189::INFO: No Transaction manager found - if your webapp requires one, please configure one.
[INFO] TapestryFilter Startup time: 189 ms to build IoC Registry, 587 ms overall.
2007-10-25 07:47:45.282::INFO: Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:8080
[INFO] Started Jetty Server
127.0.0.1 - - [Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:48:04 GMT] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 404 765 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8"
127.0.0.1 - - [Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:48:07 GMT] "GET /myapp HTTP/1.1" 302 0 "http://localhost:8080/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8"
[INFO] TimingFilter Request time: 459 ms
127.0.0.1 - - [Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:48:07 GMT] "GET /myapp/ HTTP/1.1" 200 519 "http://localhost:8080/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8"
[INFO] TimingFilter Request time: 3 ms
127.0.0.1 - - [Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:48:08 GMT] "GET /myapp/assets/tapestry/default.css HTTP/1.1" 200 4916 "http://localhost:8080/myapp/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8"
[INFO] TimingFilter Request time: 2 ms
127.0.0.1 - - [Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:48:12 GMT] "GET /myapp/start HTTP/1.1" 200 519 "http://localhost:8080/myapp/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8"
[INFO] TimingFilter Request time: 4 ms
127.0.0.1 - - [Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:48:12 GMT] "GET /myapp/assets/tapestry/default.css HTTP/1.1" 304 0 "http://localhost:8080/myapp/start" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8) Gecko/20071008 Firefox/2.0.0.8"
That's it! Jetty is running, and the application is available at http://localhost:8080/myapp. And of course, I have a Ruby script to make setup even easier.
