Remove DLLs from jar
[cc0/argeo-build.git] / src / org / argeo / build / Repackage.java
index 2bbce7825b5e6149a3d1e57284d4bff810381dc5..f93776bca8dbdde16ecae61960b7531f7ad0da37 100644 (file)
@@ -6,18 +6,24 @@ import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.INFO;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.TRACE;
 import static java.lang.System.Logger.Level.WARNING;
 import static java.nio.file.FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.APPEND;
+import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.CREATE;
 import static java.util.jar.Attributes.Name.MANIFEST_VERSION;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_MERGE;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.ARGEO_ORIGIN_URI;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.BUNDLE_LICENSE;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.BUNDLE_VERSION;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.ECLIPSE_SOURCE_BUNDLE;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.EXPORT_PACKAGE;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.IMPORT_PACKAGE;
-import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestConstants.SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ARGEO_DO_NOT_MODIFY;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_MERGE;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ARGEO_ORIGIN_NO_METADATA_GENERATION;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ARGEO_ORIGIN_SOURCES_URI;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ARGEO_ORIGIN_URI;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.AUTOMATIC_MODULE_NAME;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.BUNDLE_LICENSE;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.BUNDLE_VERSION;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.ECLIPSE_SOURCE_BUNDLE;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.EXPORT_PACKAGE;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.IMPORT_PACKAGE;
+import static org.argeo.build.Repackage.ManifestHeader.SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER;
 
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -26,8 +32,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.lang.System.Logger;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
@@ -38,6 +44,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.PathMatcher;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -48,6 +55,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -61,10 +69,7 @@ import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import aQute.bnd.osgi.Analyzer;
 import aQute.bnd.osgi.Jar;
 
-/**
- * Simple tool repackaging existing jar files into OSGi bundles in an A2
- * repository.
- */
+/** Repackages existing jar files into OSGi bundles in an A2 repository. */
 public class Repackage {
        final static Logger logger = System.getLogger(Repackage.class.getName());
 
@@ -73,16 +78,16 @@ public class Repackage {
         * integrated in the bundles.
         */
        final static String ENV_SOURCE_BUNDLES = "SOURCE_BUNDLES";
+       /** Environment variable on whether operations should be parallelised. */
+       final static String ENV_ARGEO_BUILD_SEQUENTIAL = "ARGEO_BUILD_SEQUENTIAL";
 
-       /** Whether repackaging should run in parallel or sequentially. */
-       final static boolean parallel = true;
-
-       // cache
-       /** Summary of all license seen during the repackaging. */
-       final static Map<String, Set<String>> licensesUsed = new TreeMap<>();
+       /** Whether repackaging should run in parallel (default) or sequentially. */
+       final static boolean sequential = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv(ENV_ARGEO_BUILD_SEQUENTIAL));
 
        /** Main entry point. */
        public static void main(String[] args) {
+               if (sequential)
+                       logger.log(INFO, "Build will be sequential");
                if (args.length < 2) {
                        System.err.println("Usage: <path to a2 output dir> <category1> <category2> ...");
                        System.exit(1);
@@ -93,13 +98,15 @@ public class Repackage {
 
                List<CompletableFuture<Void>> toDos = new ArrayList<>();
                for (int i = 1; i < args.length; i++) {
-                       Path p = Paths.get(args[i]);
-                       if (parallel)
-                               toDos.add(CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> factory.processCategory(p)));
+                       Path categoryPath = Paths.get(args[i]);
+                       factory.cleanPreviousFailedBuild(categoryPath);
+                       if (sequential) // sequential processing happens here
+                               factory.processCategory(categoryPath);
                        else
-                               factory.processCategory(p);
+                               toDos.add(CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> factory.processCategory(categoryPath)));
                }
-               CompletableFuture.allOf(toDos.toArray(new CompletableFuture[toDos.size()])).join();
+               if (!sequential)// parallel processing
+                       CompletableFuture.allOf(toDos.toArray(new CompletableFuture[toDos.size()])).join();
 
                // Summary
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -109,6 +116,122 @@ public class Repackage {
                logger.log(INFO, "# License summary:\n" + sb);
        }
 
+       /** Deletes remaining sub directories. */
+       void cleanPreviousFailedBuild(Path categoryPath) {
+               Path outputCategoryPath = a2Base.resolve(categoryPath);
+               if (!Files.exists(outputCategoryPath))
+                       return;
+               // clean previous failed build
+               try {
+                       for (Path subDir : Files.newDirectoryStream(outputCategoryPath, (d) -> Files.isDirectory(d))) {
+                               if (Files.exists(subDir)) {
+                                       logger.log(WARNING, "Bundle dir " + subDir
+                                                       + " already exists, probably from a previous failed build, deleting it...");
+                                       deleteDirectory(subDir);
+                               }
+                       }
+               } catch (IOException e) {
+                       logger.log(ERROR, "Cannot clean previous build", e);
+               }
+       }
+
+       /** MANIFEST headers. */
+       enum ManifestHeader {
+               // OSGi
+               /** OSGi bundle symbolic name. */
+               BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME("Bundle-SymbolicName"), //
+               /** OSGi bundle version. */
+               BUNDLE_VERSION("Bundle-Version"), //
+               /** OSGi bundle license. */
+               BUNDLE_LICENSE("Bundle-License"), //
+               /** OSGi exported packages list. */
+               EXPORT_PACKAGE("Export-Package"), //
+               /** OSGi imported packages list. */
+               IMPORT_PACKAGE("Import-Package"), //
+               /** OSGi path to embedded jar. */
+               BUNDLE_CLASSPATH("Bundle-Classpath"), //
+               // Java
+               /** Java module name. */
+               AUTOMATIC_MODULE_NAME("Automatic-Module-Name"), //
+               // Eclipse
+               /** Eclipse source bundle. */
+               ECLIPSE_SOURCE_BUNDLE("Eclipse-SourceBundle"), //
+               // SPDX
+               /**
+                * SPDX license identifier.
+                * 
+                * @see https://spdx.org/licenses/
+                */
+               SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER("SPDX-License-Identifier"), //
+               // Argeo Origin
+               /**
+                * Maven coordinates of the origin, possibly partial when using common.bnd or
+                * merge.bnd.
+                */
+               ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2("Argeo-Origin-M2"), //
+               /** List of Maven coordinates to merge. */
+               ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_MERGE("Argeo-Origin-M2-Merge"), //
+               /** Maven repository, if not the default one. */
+               ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO("Argeo-Origin-M2-Repo"), //
+               /**
+                * Do not perform BND analysis of the origin component. Typically Import_package
+                * and Export-Package will be kept untouched.
+                */
+               ARGEO_ORIGIN_NO_METADATA_GENERATION("Argeo-Origin-NoMetadataGeneration"), //
+//             /**
+//              * Embed the original jar without modifying it (may be required by some
+//              * proprietary licenses, such as JCR Day License).
+//              */
+//             ARGEO_ORIGIN_EMBED("Argeo-Origin-Embed"), //
+               /**
+                * Do not modify original jar (may be required by some proprietary licenses,
+                * such as JCR Day License).
+                */
+               ARGEO_DO_NOT_MODIFY("Argeo-Origin-Do-Not-Modify"), //
+               /**
+                * Origin (non-Maven) URI of the component. It may be anything (jar, archive,
+                * etc.).
+                */
+               ARGEO_ORIGIN_URI("Argeo-Origin-URI"), //
+               /**
+                * Origin (non-Maven) URI of the source of the component. It may be anything
+                * (jar, archive, code repository, etc.).
+                */
+               ARGEO_ORIGIN_SOURCES_URI("Argeo-Origin-Sources-URI"), //
+               ;
+
+               final String headerName;
+
+               private ManifestHeader(String headerName) {
+                       this.headerName = headerName;
+               }
+
+               @Override
+               public String toString() {
+                       return headerName;
+               }
+
+               /** Get the value from either a {@link Manifest} or a {@link Properties}. */
+               String get(Object map) {
+                       if (map instanceof Manifest manifest)
+                               return manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(headerName);
+                       else if (map instanceof Properties props)
+                               return props.getProperty(headerName);
+                       else
+                               throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported mapping " + map.getClass());
+               }
+
+               /** Put the value into either a {@link Manifest} or a {@link Properties}. */
+               void put(Object map, String value) {
+                       if (map instanceof Manifest manifest)
+                               manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(headerName, value);
+                       else if (map instanceof Properties props)
+                               props.setProperty(headerName, value);
+                       else
+                               throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported mapping " + map.getClass());
+               }
+       }
+
        /** Name of the file centralising information for multiple M2 artifacts. */
        final static String COMMON_BND = "common.bnd";
        /** Name of the file centralising information for mergin M2 artifacts. */
@@ -117,33 +240,44 @@ public class Repackage {
         * Subdirectory of the jar file where origin informations (changes, legal
         * notices etc. are stored)
         */
-       final static String A2_ORIGIN = "A2-ORIGIN";
+       final static String ARGEO_ORIGIN = "ARGEO-ORIGIN";
+       /** File detailing modifications to the original component. */
+       final static String CHANGES = ARGEO_ORIGIN + "/changes";
+       /**
+        * Name of the file at the root of the repackaged jar, which prominently
+        * notifies that the component has be repackaged.
+        */
+       final static String README_REPACKAGED = "README.repackaged";
+
+       // cache
+       /** Summary of all license seen during the repackaging. */
+       final static Map<String, Set<String>> licensesUsed = new TreeMap<>();
 
        /** Directory where to download archives */
-       Path originBase;
+       final Path originBase;
        /** Directory where to download Maven artifacts */
-       Path mavenBase;
+       final Path mavenBase;
 
        /** A2 repository base for binary bundles */
-       Path a2Base;
+       final Path a2Base;
        /** A2 repository base for source bundles */
-       Path a2SrcBase;
+       final Path a2SrcBase;
        /** A2 base for native components */
-       Path a2LibBase;
+       final Path a2LibBase;
        /** Location of the descriptors driving the packaging */
-       Path descriptorsBase;
+       final Path descriptorsBase;
        /** URIs of archives to download */
-       Properties uris = new Properties();
+       final Properties uris = new Properties();
        /** Mirrors for archive download. Key is URI prefix, value list of base URLs */
-       Map<String, List<String>> mirrors = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
+       final Map<String, List<String>> mirrors = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
 
        /** Whether sources should be packaged separately */
-       final boolean sourceBundles;
+       final boolean separateSources;
 
        /** Constructor initialises the various variables */
        public Repackage(Path a2Base, Path descriptorsBase) {
-               sourceBundles = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv(ENV_SOURCE_BUNDLES));
-               if (sourceBundles)
+               separateSources = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv(ENV_SOURCE_BUNDLES));
+               if (separateSources)
                        logger.log(INFO, "Sources will be packaged separately");
 
                Objects.requireNonNull(a2Base);
@@ -153,7 +287,7 @@ public class Repackage {
 
                // TODO define and use a build base
                this.a2Base = a2Base;
-               this.a2SrcBase = a2Base.getParent().resolve(a2Base.getFileName() + ".src");
+               this.a2SrcBase = separateSources ? a2Base.getParent().resolve(a2Base.getFileName() + ".src") : a2Base;
                this.a2LibBase = a2Base.resolve("lib");
                this.descriptorsBase = descriptorsBase;
                if (!Files.exists(this.descriptorsBase))
@@ -224,12 +358,8 @@ public class Repackage {
                        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(bndFile)) {
                                fileProps.load(in);
                        }
-                       String repoStr = fileProps.containsKey(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
-                                       ? fileProps.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
-                                       : null;
-
+                       // use file name as symbolic name
                        if (!fileProps.containsKey(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString())) {
-                               // use file name as symbolic name
                                String symbolicName = bndFile.getFileName().toString();
                                symbolicName = symbolicName.substring(0, symbolicName.length() - ".bnd".length());
                                fileProps.put(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString(), symbolicName);
@@ -239,14 +369,21 @@ public class Repackage {
                        if (m2Coordinates == null)
                                throw new IllegalArgumentException("No M2 coordinates available for " + bndFile);
                        M2Artifact artifact = new M2Artifact(m2Coordinates);
-                       URL url = M2ConventionsUtils.mavenRepoUrl(repoStr, artifact);
-                       Path downloaded = downloadMaven(url, artifact);
 
-                       A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
-                       Path targetBundleDir = processBndJar(downloaded, targetCategoryBase, fileProps, artifact, origin);
-                       downloadAndProcessM2Sources(repoStr, artifact, targetBundleDir);
+                       Path downloaded = downloadMaven(fileProps, artifact);
 
-                       createJar(targetBundleDir, origin);
+                       boolean doNotModify = Boolean
+                                       .parseBoolean(fileProps.getOrDefault(ARGEO_DO_NOT_MODIFY.toString(), "false").toString());
+                       if (doNotModify) {
+                               processNotModified(targetCategoryBase, downloaded, fileProps, artifact);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       // regular processing
+                       A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
+                       Path bundleDir = processBndJar(downloaded, targetCategoryBase, fileProps, artifact, origin);
+                       downloadAndProcessM2Sources(fileProps, artifact, bundleDir, false, false);
+                       createJar(bundleDir, origin);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                        throw new RuntimeException("Cannot process " + bndFile, e);
                }
@@ -256,6 +393,9 @@ public class Repackage {
         * Process multiple Maven artifacts coming from a same project and therefore
         * with information in common (typically the version), generating single bundles
         * or merging them if necessary.
+        * 
+        * @see #COMMON_BND
+        * @see #MERGE_BND
         */
        void processM2BasedDistributionUnit(Path duDir) {
                try {
@@ -295,42 +435,48 @@ public class Repackage {
                                }
                                String m2Coordinates = fileProps.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.toString());
                                M2Artifact artifact = new M2Artifact(m2Coordinates);
-                               artifact.setVersion(m2Version);
+                               if (artifact.getVersion() == null) {
+                                       artifact.setVersion(m2Version);
+                               } else {
+                                       logger.log(DEBUG, p.getFileName() + " : Using version " + artifact.getVersion()
+                                                       + " specified in descriptor rather than " + m2Version + " specified in " + COMMON_BND);
+                               }
 
                                // prepare manifest entries
-                               Properties mergeProps = new Properties();
-                               mergeProps.putAll(commonProps);
+                               Properties mergedProps = new Properties();
+                               mergedProps.putAll(commonProps);
 
                                fileEntries: for (Object key : fileProps.keySet()) {
                                        if (ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.toString().equals(key))
                                                continue fileEntries;
                                        String value = fileProps.getProperty(key.toString());
-                                       Object previousValue = mergeProps.put(key.toString(), value);
+                                       Object previousValue = mergedProps.put(key.toString(), value);
                                        if (previousValue != null) {
                                                logger.log(WARNING,
                                                                commonBnd + ": " + key + " was " + previousValue + ", overridden with " + value);
                                        }
                                }
-                               mergeProps.put(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.toString(), artifact.toM2Coordinates());
-                               if (!mergeProps.containsKey(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString())) {
+                               mergedProps.put(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.toString(), artifact.toM2Coordinates());
+                               if (!mergedProps.containsKey(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString())) {
                                        // use file name as symbolic name
                                        String symbolicName = p.getFileName().toString();
                                        symbolicName = symbolicName.substring(0, symbolicName.length() - ".bnd".length());
-                                       mergeProps.put(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString(), symbolicName);
+                                       mergedProps.put(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString(), symbolicName);
                                }
 
-                               String repoStr = mergeProps.containsKey(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
-                                               ? mergeProps.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
-                                               : null;
-
                                // download
-                               URL url = M2ConventionsUtils.mavenRepoUrl(repoStr, artifact);
-                               Path downloaded = downloadMaven(url, artifact);
+                               Path downloaded = downloadMaven(mergedProps, artifact);
 
-                               A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
-                               Path targetBundleDir = processBndJar(downloaded, targetCategoryBase, mergeProps, artifact, origin);
-                               downloadAndProcessM2Sources(repoStr, artifact, targetBundleDir);
-                               createJar(targetBundleDir, origin);
+                               boolean doNotModify = Boolean
+                                               .parseBoolean(mergedProps.getOrDefault(ARGEO_DO_NOT_MODIFY.toString(), "false").toString());
+                               if (doNotModify) {
+                                       processNotModified(targetCategoryBase, downloaded, mergedProps, artifact);
+                               } else {
+                                       A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
+                                       Path targetBundleDir = processBndJar(downloaded, targetCategoryBase, mergedProps, artifact, origin);
+                                       downloadAndProcessM2Sources(mergedProps, artifact, targetBundleDir, false, false);
+                                       createJar(targetBundleDir, origin);
+                               }
                        }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        throw new RuntimeException("Cannot process " + duDir, e);
@@ -344,13 +490,20 @@ public class Repackage {
                Path targetCategoryBase = a2Base.resolve(category);
 
                Properties mergeProps = new Properties();
+               // first, load common properties
+               Path commonBnd = duDir.resolve(COMMON_BND);
+               if (Files.exists(commonBnd))
+                       try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(commonBnd)) {
+                               mergeProps.load(in);
+                       }
+               // then, the merge properties themselves
                try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(mergeBnd)) {
                        mergeProps.load(in);
                }
 
                String m2Version = mergeProps.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.toString());
                if (m2Version == null) {
-                       logger.log(WARNING, "Ignoring " + duDir + " as it is not an M2-based distribution unit");
+                       logger.log(WARNING, "Ignoring merging in " + duDir + " as it is not an M2-based distribution unit");
                        return;// ignore, this is probably an Eclipse archive
                }
                if (!m2Version.startsWith(":")) {
@@ -363,10 +516,6 @@ public class Repackage {
                if (artifactsStr == null)
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(mergeBnd + ": " + ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_MERGE + " must be set");
 
-               String repoStr = mergeProps.containsKey(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
-                               ? mergeProps.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
-                               : null;
-
                String bundleSymbolicName = mergeProps.getProperty(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString());
                if (bundleSymbolicName == null)
                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bundle-SymbolicName must be set in " + mergeBnd);
@@ -375,6 +524,7 @@ public class Repackage {
                A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
                Path bundleDir = targetCategoryBase.resolve(bundleSymbolicName + "." + nameVersion.getBranch());
 
+               StringJoiner originDesc = new StringJoiner(",");
                String[] artifacts = artifactsStr.split(",");
                artifacts: for (String str : artifacts) {
                        String m2Coordinates = str.trim();
@@ -383,14 +533,15 @@ public class Repackage {
                        M2Artifact artifact = new M2Artifact(m2Coordinates.trim());
                        if (artifact.getVersion() == null)
                                artifact.setVersion(m2Version);
-                       URL url = M2ConventionsUtils.mavenRepoUrl(repoStr, artifact);
-                       Path downloaded = downloadMaven(url, artifact);
+                       originDesc.add(artifact.toString());
+                       Path downloaded = downloadMaven(mergeProps, artifact);
                        JarEntry entry;
                        try (JarInputStream jarIn = new JarInputStream(Files.newInputStream(downloaded), false)) {
                                entries: while ((entry = jarIn.getNextJarEntry()) != null) {
                                        if (entry.isDirectory())
                                                continue entries;
-                                       if (entry.getName().endsWith(".RSA") || entry.getName().endsWith(".SF")) {
+                                       if (entry.getName().endsWith(".RSA") || entry.getName().endsWith(".DSA")
+                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith(".SF")) {
                                                origin.deleted.add("cryptographic signatures from " + artifact);
                                                continue entries;
                                        }
@@ -402,10 +553,6 @@ public class Repackage {
                                                origin.deleted.add("additional Java versions (META-INF/versions) from " + artifact);
                                                continue entries;
                                        }
-                                       if (entry.getName().equals("META-INF/DEPENDENCIES")) {
-                                               origin.deleted.add("dependency list (META-INF/DEPENDENCIES) from " + artifact);
-                                               continue entries;
-                                       }
                                        if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF/maven/")) {
                                                origin.deleted.add("Maven information (META-INF/maven) from " + artifact);
                                                continue entries;
@@ -414,12 +561,27 @@ public class Repackage {
                                                origin.deleted.add("cache directory (.cache) from " + artifact);
                                                continue entries;
                                        }
+                                       if (entry.getName().equals("META-INF/DEPENDENCIES")) {
+                                               origin.deleted.add("Dependencies (META-INF/DEPENDENCIES) from " + artifact);
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
+                                       if (entry.getName().equals("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF")) {
+                                               Path originalManifest = bundleDir.resolve(ARGEO_ORIGIN).resolve(artifact.getGroupId())
+                                                               .resolve(artifact.getArtifactId()).resolve("MANIFEST.MF");
+                                               Files.createDirectories(originalManifest.getParent());
+                                               try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(originalManifest)) {
+                                                       Files.copy(jarIn, originalManifest);
+                                               }
+                                               origin.added.add(
+                                                               "original MANIFEST (" + bundleDir.relativize(originalManifest) + ") from " + artifact);
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
 
                                        if (entry.getName().endsWith("NOTICE") || entry.getName().endsWith("NOTICE.txt")
-                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith("LICENSE") || entry.getName().endsWith("LICENSE.md")
-                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith("LICENSE-notice.md") || entry.getName().endsWith("COPYING")
-                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith("COPYING.LESSER")) {
-                                               Path artifactOriginDir = bundleDir.resolve(A2_ORIGIN).resolve(artifact.getGroupId())
+                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith("NOTICE.md") || entry.getName().endsWith("LICENSE")
+                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith("LICENSE.md") || entry.getName().endsWith("LICENSE-notice.md")
+                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith("COPYING") || entry.getName().endsWith("COPYING.LESSER")) {
+                                               Path artifactOriginDir = bundleDir.resolve(ARGEO_ORIGIN).resolve(artifact.getGroupId())
                                                                .resolve(artifact.getArtifactId());
                                                Path target = artifactOriginDir.resolve(entry.getName());
                                                Files.createDirectories(target.getParent());
@@ -438,10 +600,14 @@ public class Repackage {
                                                                jarIn.transferTo(out);
                                                                logger.log(DEBUG, artifact.getArtifactId() + " - Appended " + entry.getName());
                                                        }
-                                                       origin.modified.add(" " + entry.getName() + ", merging from " + artifact);
+                                                       origin.modified.add(entry.getName() + ", merging from " + artifact);
                                                } else if (entry.getName().startsWith("org/apache/batik/")) {
                                                        logger.log(TRACE, "Skip " + entry.getName());
                                                        continue entries;
+                                               } else if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF/NOTICE")) {
+                                                       logger.log(WARNING, "Skip " + entry.getName() + " from " + artifact);
+                                                       // TODO merge them?
+                                                       continue entries;
                                                } else {
                                                        throw new IllegalStateException("File " + target + " from " + artifact + " already exists");
                                                }
@@ -450,7 +616,9 @@ public class Repackage {
                                }
                        }
                        origin.added.add("binary content of " + artifact);
-                       downloadAndProcessM2Sources(repoStr, artifact, bundleDir);
+
+                       // process sources
+                       downloadAndProcessM2Sources(mergeProps, artifact, bundleDir, true, false);
                }
 
                // additional service files
@@ -464,9 +632,11 @@ public class Repackage {
                                        in.transferTo(out);
                                        logger.log(DEBUG, "Appended " + p);
                                }
+                               origin.added.add(bundleDir.relativize(target).toString());
                        }
                }
 
+               // BND analysis
                Map<String, String> entries = new TreeMap<>();
                try (Analyzer bndAnalyzer = new Analyzer()) {
                        bndAnalyzer.setProperties(mergeProps);
@@ -484,8 +654,10 @@ public class Repackage {
                                        continue keys;
                                }
                                if ("Require-Capability".equals(key.toString())
-                                               && value.toString().equals("osgi.ee;filter:=\"(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.1))\""))
+                                               && value.toString().equals("osgi.ee;filter:=\"(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.1))\"")) {
+                                       origin.deleted.add("MANIFEST header " + key);
                                        continue keys;// hack for very old classes
+                               }
                                entries.put(key.toString(), value.toString());
                        }
                } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -499,27 +671,28 @@ public class Repackage {
                        String value = entries.get(key);
                        manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(key, value);
                }
+               manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.toString(), originDesc.toString());
+
+               processLicense(bundleDir, manifest);
 
+               // write MANIFEST
                try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(manifestPath)) {
                        manifest.write(out);
                }
                createJar(bundleDir, origin);
        }
 
-       /** Generate MANIFEST using BND. */
+       /** Generates MANIFEST using BND. */
        Path processBndJar(Path downloaded, Path targetCategoryBase, Properties fileProps, M2Artifact artifact,
                        A2Origin origin) {
-
                try {
                        Map<String, String> additionalEntries = new TreeMap<>();
-                       boolean doNotModify = Boolean.parseBoolean(fileProps
-                                       .getOrDefault(ManifestConstants.ARGEO_ORIGIN_MANIFEST_NOT_MODIFIED.toString(), "false").toString());
+                       boolean doNotModifyManifest = Boolean.parseBoolean(
+                                       fileProps.getOrDefault(ARGEO_ORIGIN_NO_METADATA_GENERATION.toString(), "false").toString());
 
                        // Note: we always force the symbolic name
-                       if (doNotModify) {
-                               fileEntries: for (Object key : fileProps.keySet()) {
-                                       if (ManifestConstants.ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.toString().equals(key))
-                                               continue fileEntries;
+                       if (doNotModifyManifest) {
+                               for (Object key : fileProps.keySet()) {
                                        String value = fileProps.getProperty(key.toString());
                                        additionalEntries.put(key.toString(), value);
                                }
@@ -538,6 +711,7 @@ public class Repackage {
                                                        "*;version=\"" + fileProps.getProperty(BUNDLE_VERSION.toString()) + "\"");
                                }
 
+                               // BND analysis
                                try (Analyzer bndAnalyzer = new Analyzer()) {
                                        bndAnalyzer.setProperties(fileProps);
                                        Jar jar = new Jar(downloaded.toFile());
@@ -554,8 +728,10 @@ public class Repackage {
                                                        continue keys;
                                                }
                                                if ("Require-Capability".equals(key.toString())
-                                                               && value.toString().equals("osgi.ee;filter:=\"(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.1))\""))
+                                                               && value.toString().equals("osgi.ee;filter:=\"(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.1))\"")) {
+                                                       origin.deleted.add("MANIFEST header " + key);
                                                        continue keys;// !! hack for very old classes
+                                               }
                                                additionalEntries.put(key.toString(), value.toString());
                                        }
                                }
@@ -569,13 +745,38 @@ public class Repackage {
 
        }
 
+       /** Process an artifact that should not be modified. */
+       void processNotModified(Path targetCategoryBase, Path downloaded, Properties fileProps, M2Artifact artifact)
+                       throws IOException {
+               // Some proprietary or signed artifacts do not allow any modification
+               // When releasing (with separate sources), we just copy it
+               Path unmodifiedTarget = targetCategoryBase
+                               .resolve(fileProps.getProperty(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString()) + "." + artifact.getBranch() + ".jar");
+               Files.createDirectories(unmodifiedTarget.getParent());
+               Files.copy(downloaded, unmodifiedTarget, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+               Path bundleDir = targetCategoryBase
+                               .resolve(fileProps.getProperty(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString()) + "." + artifact.getBranch());
+               downloadAndProcessM2Sources(fileProps, artifact, bundleDir, false, true);
+               Manifest manifest;
+               try (JarInputStream jarIn = new JarInputStream(Files.newInputStream(unmodifiedTarget))) {
+                       manifest = jarIn.getManifest();
+               }
+               createSourceJar(bundleDir, manifest, fileProps);
+       }
+
        /** Download and integrates sources for a single Maven artifact. */
-       void downloadAndProcessM2Sources(String repoStr, M2Artifact artifact, Path targetBundleDir) throws IOException {
+       void downloadAndProcessM2Sources(Properties props, M2Artifact artifact, Path targetBundleDir, boolean merging,
+                       boolean unmodified) throws IOException {
                try {
+                       String repoStr = props.containsKey(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
+                                       ? props.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
+                                       : null;
+                       String alternateUri = props.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_SOURCES_URI.toString());
                        M2Artifact sourcesArtifact = new M2Artifact(artifact.toM2Coordinates(), "sources");
-                       URL sourcesUrl = M2ConventionsUtils.mavenRepoUrl(repoStr, sourcesArtifact);
-                       Path sourcesDownloaded = downloadMaven(sourcesUrl, artifact, true);
-                       processM2SourceJar(sourcesDownloaded, targetBundleDir);
+                       URI sourcesUrl = alternateUri != null ? new URI(alternateUri)
+                                       : M2ConventionsUtils.mavenRepoUrl(repoStr, sourcesArtifact);
+                       Path sourcesDownloaded = downloadMaven(sourcesUrl, sourcesArtifact);
+                       processM2SourceJar(sourcesDownloaded, targetBundleDir, merging ? artifact : null, unmodified);
                        logger.log(TRACE, () -> "Processed source " + sourcesDownloaded);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                        logger.log(ERROR, () -> "Cannot download source for  " + artifact);
@@ -584,32 +785,44 @@ public class Repackage {
        }
 
        /** Integrate sources from a downloaded jar file. */
-       void processM2SourceJar(Path file, Path bundleDir) throws IOException {
+       void processM2SourceJar(Path file, Path bundleDir, M2Artifact mergingFrom, boolean unmodified) throws IOException {
+               A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
+               Path sourceDir = separateSources || unmodified ? bundleDir.getParent().resolve(bundleDir.toString() + ".src")
+                               : bundleDir.resolve("OSGI-OPT/src");
                try (JarInputStream jarIn = new JarInputStream(Files.newInputStream(file), false)) {
-                       A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
-                       Path sourceDir = sourceBundles ? bundleDir.getParent().resolve(bundleDir.toString() + ".src")
-                                       : bundleDir.resolve("OSGI-OPT/src");
+
+                       String mergingMsg = "";
+                       if (mergingFrom != null)
+                               mergingMsg = " of " + mergingFrom;
 
                        Files.createDirectories(sourceDir);
                        JarEntry entry;
                        entries: while ((entry = jarIn.getNextJarEntry()) != null) {
+                               String relPath = entry.getName();
                                if (entry.isDirectory())
                                        continue entries;
-                               if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF")) {// skip META-INF entries
-                                       origin.deleted.add("META-INF directory from the sources");
-                                       continue entries;
-                               }
-                               if (entry.getName().startsWith("module-info.java")) {// skip Java module information
-                                       origin.deleted.add("Java module information from the sources (module-info.java)");
+                               if (entry.getName().equals("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF")) {// skip META-INF entries
+                                       origin.deleted.add("MANIFEST.MF from the sources" + mergingMsg);
                                        continue entries;
                                }
-                               if (entry.getName().startsWith("/")) { // absolute paths
-                                       // TODO does it really happen?
-                                       logger.log(WARNING, entry.getName() + " has an absolute path");
-                                       origin.deleted.add(entry.getName() + " from the sources");
-                                       continue entries;
+                               if (!unmodified) {
+                                       if (entry.getName().startsWith("module-info.java")) {// skip Java module information
+                                               origin.deleted.add("Java module information from the sources (module-info.java)" + mergingMsg);
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
+                                       if (entry.getName().startsWith("/")) { // absolute paths
+                                               int metaInfIndex = entry.getName().indexOf("META-INF");
+                                               if (metaInfIndex >= 0) {
+                                                       relPath = entry.getName().substring(metaInfIndex);
+                                                       origin.moved.add(" to " + relPath + " entry with absolute path " + entry.getName());
+                                               } else {
+                                                       logger.log(WARNING, entry.getName() + " has an absolute path");
+                                                       origin.deleted.add(entry.getName() + " from the sources" + mergingMsg);
+                                               }
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
                                }
-                               Path target = sourceDir.resolve(entry.getName());
+                               Path target = sourceDir.resolve(relPath);
                                Files.createDirectories(target.getParent());
                                if (!Files.exists(target)) {
                                        Files.copy(jarIn, target);
@@ -618,27 +831,33 @@ public class Repackage {
                                        logger.log(TRACE, () -> target + " already exists, skipping...");
                                }
                        }
-                       // write the changes
-                       if (sourceBundles) {
-                               origin.appendChanges(sourceDir);
-                       } else {
-                               origin.added.add("source code under OSGI-OPT/src");
-                               origin.appendChanges(bundleDir);
-                       }
                }
-
+               // write the changes
+               if (separateSources || unmodified) {
+                       origin.appendChanges(sourceDir);
+               } else {
+                       origin.added.add("source code under OSGI-OPT/src");
+                       origin.appendChanges(bundleDir);
+               }
        }
 
        /** Download a Maven artifact. */
-       Path downloadMaven(URL url, M2Artifact artifact) throws IOException {
-               return downloadMaven(url, artifact, false);
+       Path downloadMaven(Properties props, M2Artifact artifact) throws IOException {
+               String repoStr = props.containsKey(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
+                               ? props.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.toString())
+                               : null;
+               String alternateUri = props.getProperty(ARGEO_ORIGIN_URI.toString());
+               try {
+                       URI uri = alternateUri != null ? new URI(alternateUri) : M2ConventionsUtils.mavenRepoUrl(repoStr, artifact);
+                       return downloadMaven(uri, artifact);
+               } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong aritfact URI", e);
+               }
        }
 
        /** Download a Maven artifact. */
-       Path downloadMaven(URL url, M2Artifact artifact, boolean sources) throws IOException {
-               return download(url, mavenBase, artifact.getGroupId().replace(".", "/") //
-                               + '/' + artifact.getArtifactId() + '/' + artifact.getVersion() //
-                               + '/' + artifact.getArtifactId() + "-" + artifact.getVersion() + (sources ? "-sources" : "") + ".jar");
+       Path downloadMaven(URI uri, M2Artifact artifact) throws IOException {
+               return download(uri, mavenBase, M2ConventionsUtils.artifactPath("", artifact));
        }
 
        /*
@@ -718,8 +937,12 @@ public class Repackage {
                                                                for (Object key : commonProps.keySet())
                                                                        map.put(key.toString(), commonProps.getProperty(key.toString()));
                                                                A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
-                                                               Path bundleDirectory = processBundleJar(file, targetCategoryBase, map, origin);
-                                                               origins.put(bundleDirectory, origin);
+                                                               Path bundleDir = processBundleJar(file, targetCategoryBase, map, origin);
+                                                               if (bundleDir == null) {
+                                                                       logger.log(WARNING, "No bundle dir created for " + file + ", skipping...");
+                                                                       return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+                                                               }
+                                                               origins.put(bundleDir, origin);
                                                                logger.log(DEBUG, () -> "Processed " + file);
                                                        }
                                                        break includeMatchers;
@@ -731,10 +954,10 @@ public class Repackage {
 
                        DirectoryStream<Path> dirs = Files.newDirectoryStream(targetCategoryBase, (p) -> Files.isDirectory(p)
                                        && p.getFileName().toString().indexOf('.') >= 0 && !p.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".src"));
-                       for (Path dir : dirs) {
-                               A2Origin origin = origins.get(dir);
-                               Objects.requireNonNull(origin, "No A2 origin found for " + dir);
-                               createJar(dir, origin);
+                       for (Path bundleDir : dirs) {
+                               A2Origin origin = origins.get(bundleDir);
+                               Objects.requireNonNull(origin, "No A2 origin found for " + bundleDir);
+                               createJar(bundleDir, origin);
                        }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        throw new RuntimeException("Cannot process " + duDir, e);
@@ -745,7 +968,8 @@ public class Repackage {
        /** Process sources in Eclipse format. */
        void processEclipseSourceJar(Path file, Path targetBase) throws IOException {
                try {
-                       Path targetBundleDir;
+                       A2Origin origin = new A2Origin();
+                       Path bundleDir;
                        try (JarInputStream jarIn = new JarInputStream(Files.newInputStream(file), false)) {
                                Manifest manifest = jarIn.getManifest();
 
@@ -754,24 +978,31 @@ public class Repackage {
                                String version = relatedBundle[1].substring("version=\"".length());
                                version = version.substring(0, version.length() - 1);
                                NameVersion nameVersion = new NameVersion(relatedBundle[0], version);
-                               targetBundleDir = targetBase.resolve(nameVersion.getName() + "." + nameVersion.getBranch());
+                               bundleDir = targetBase.resolve(nameVersion.getName() + "." + nameVersion.getBranch());
 
-                               Path targetSourceDir = sourceBundles
-                                               ? targetBundleDir.getParent().resolve(targetBundleDir.toString() + ".src")
-                                               : targetBundleDir.resolve("OSGI-OPT/src");
+                               Path sourceDir = separateSources ? bundleDir.getParent().resolve(bundleDir.toString() + ".src")
+                                               : bundleDir.resolve("OSGI-OPT/src");
 
-                               Files.createDirectories(targetSourceDir);
+                               Files.createDirectories(sourceDir);
                                JarEntry entry;
                                entries: while ((entry = jarIn.getNextJarEntry()) != null) {
                                        if (entry.isDirectory())
                                                continue entries;
                                        if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF"))// skip META-INF entries
                                                continue entries;
-                                       Path target = targetSourceDir.resolve(entry.getName());
+                                       Path target = sourceDir.resolve(entry.getName());
                                        Files.createDirectories(target.getParent());
                                        Files.copy(jarIn, target);
                                        logger.log(TRACE, () -> "Copied source " + target);
                                }
+
+                               // write the changes
+                               if (separateSources) {
+                                       origin.appendChanges(sourceDir);
+                               } else {
+                                       origin.added.add("source code under OSGI-OPT/src");
+                                       origin.appendChanges(bundleDir);
+                               }
                        }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot process " + file, e);
@@ -781,16 +1012,23 @@ public class Repackage {
        /*
         * COMMON PROCESSING
         */
-       /** Normalise a bundle. */
+       /** Normalise a single (that is, non-merged) bundle. */
        Path processBundleJar(Path file, Path targetBase, Map<String, String> entries, A2Origin origin) throws IOException {
+//             boolean embed = Boolean.parseBoolean(entries.getOrDefault(ARGEO_ORIGIN_EMBED.toString(), "false").toString());
+               boolean doNotModify = Boolean
+                               .parseBoolean(entries.getOrDefault(ManifestHeader.ARGEO_DO_NOT_MODIFY.toString(), "false").toString());
                NameVersion nameVersion;
                Path bundleDir;
+               // singleton
+               boolean isSingleton = false;
+               Manifest manifest;
+               Manifest sourceManifest;
                try (JarInputStream jarIn = new JarInputStream(Files.newInputStream(file), false)) {
-                       Manifest sourceManifest = jarIn.getManifest();
-                       Manifest manifest = sourceManifest != null ? new Manifest(sourceManifest) : new Manifest();
+                       sourceManifest = jarIn.getManifest();
+                       if (sourceManifest == null)
+                               logger.log(WARNING, file + " has no manifest");
+                       manifest = sourceManifest != null ? new Manifest(sourceManifest) : new Manifest();
 
-                       // singleton
-                       boolean isSingleton = false;
                        String rawSourceSymbolicName = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString());
                        if (rawSourceSymbolicName != null) {
                                // make sure there is no directive
@@ -811,6 +1049,8 @@ public class Repackage {
                                nameVersion = new NameVersion(ourSymbolicName, ourVersion);
                        } else {
                                nameVersion = nameVersionFromManifest(manifest);
+                               if (nameVersion == null)
+                                       throw new IllegalStateException("Could not compute name/version from Manifest");
                                if (ourVersion != null && !nameVersion.getVersion().equals(ourVersion)) {
                                        logger.log(WARNING,
                                                        "Original version is " + nameVersion.getVersion() + " while new version is " + ourVersion);
@@ -821,10 +1061,21 @@ public class Repackage {
                                        nameVersion.setName(ourSymbolicName);
                                }
                        }
+
                        bundleDir = targetBase.resolve(nameVersion.getName() + "." + nameVersion.getBranch());
 
+                       // copy original MANIFEST
+                       if (sourceManifest != null) {
+                               Path originalManifest = bundleDir.resolve(ARGEO_ORIGIN).resolve("MANIFEST.MF");
+                               Files.createDirectories(originalManifest.getParent());
+                               try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(originalManifest)) {
+                                       sourceManifest.write(out);
+                               }
+                               origin.moved.add("original MANIFEST to " + bundleDir.relativize(originalManifest));
+                       }
+
                        // force Java 9 module name
-                       entries.put(ManifestConstants.AUTOMATIC_MODULE_NAME.toString(), nameVersion.getName());
+                       entries.put(ManifestHeader.AUTOMATIC_MODULE_NAME.toString(), nameVersion.getName());
 
                        boolean isNative = false;
                        String os = null;
@@ -841,23 +1092,30 @@ public class Repackage {
                        entries: while ((entry = jarIn.getNextJarEntry()) != null) {
                                if (entry.isDirectory())
                                        continue entries;
-                               if (entry.getName().endsWith(".RSA") || entry.getName().endsWith(".SF")) {
-                                       origin.deleted.add("cryptographic signatures");
-                                       continue entries;
-                               }
-                               if (entry.getName().endsWith("module-info.class")) { // skip Java 9 module info
-                                       origin.deleted.add("Java module information (module-info.class)");
-                                       continue entries;
-                               }
-                               if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF/versions/")) { // skip multi-version
-                                       origin.deleted.add("additional Java versions (META-INF/versions)");
-                                       continue entries;
-                               }
-                               // skip file system providers as they cause issues with native image
-                               if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF/services/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider")) {
-                                       origin.deleted
-                                                       .add("file system providers (META-INF/services/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider)");
-                                       continue entries;
+                               if (!doNotModify) {
+                                       if (entry.getName().endsWith(".RSA") || entry.getName().endsWith(".DSA")
+                                                       || entry.getName().endsWith(".SF")) {
+                                               origin.deleted.add("cryptographic signatures");
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
+                                       if (entry.getName().endsWith("module-info.class")) { // skip Java 9 module info
+                                               origin.deleted.add("Java module information (module-info.class)");
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
+                                       if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF/versions/")) { // skip multi-version
+                                               origin.deleted.add("additional Java versions (META-INF/versions)");
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
+                                       if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF/maven/")) {
+                                               origin.deleted.add("Maven information (META-INF/maven)");
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
+                                       // skip file system providers as they cause issues with native image
+                                       if (entry.getName().startsWith("META-INF/services/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider")) {
+                                               origin.deleted
+                                                               .add("file system providers (META-INF/services/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider)");
+                                               continue entries;
+                                       }
                                }
                                if (entry.getName().startsWith("OSGI-OPT/src/")) { // skip embedded sources
                                        origin.deleted.add("embedded sources");
@@ -868,6 +1126,7 @@ public class Repackage {
                                Files.copy(jarIn, target);
 
                                // native libraries
+                               boolean removeDllFromJar = true;
                                if (isNative && (entry.getName().endsWith(".so") || entry.getName().endsWith(".dll")
                                                || entry.getName().endsWith(".jnilib"))) {
                                        Path categoryDir = bundleDir.getParent();
@@ -891,80 +1150,134 @@ public class Repackage {
                                                        Files.delete(targetDll);
                                                Files.copy(target, targetDll);
                                        }
-                                       Files.delete(target);
+
+                                       if (removeDllFromJar) {
+                                               Files.delete(target);
+                                               origin.deleted.add(bundleDir.relativize(target).toString());
+                                       }
                                }
                                logger.log(TRACE, () -> "Copied " + target);
                        }
+               }
 
-                       // copy MANIFEST
-                       Path manifestPath = bundleDir.resolve("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
-                       Files.createDirectories(manifestPath.getParent());
+               // copy MANIFEST
+               Path manifestPath = bundleDir.resolve("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
+               Files.createDirectories(manifestPath.getParent());
 
-                       if (isSingleton && entries.containsKey(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString())) {
-                               entries.put(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString(),
-                                               entries.get(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString()) + ";singleton:=true");
-                       }
+               if (isSingleton && entries.containsKey(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString())) {
+                       entries.put(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString(),
+                                       entries.get(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString()) + ";singleton:=true");
+               }
 
-                       // Final MANIFEST decisions
-                       // This also where we check the original OSGi metadata and compare with our
-                       // changes
-                       for (String key : entries.keySet()) {
-                               String value = entries.get(key);
-                               String previousValue = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(key);
-                               boolean wasDifferent = previousValue != null && !previousValue.equals(value);
-                               boolean keepPrevious = false;
-                               if (wasDifferent) {
-                                       if (SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER.toString().equals(key) && previousValue != null)
+               // Final MANIFEST decisions
+               // We also check the original OSGi metadata and compare with our changes
+               for (String key : entries.keySet()) {
+                       String value = entries.get(key);
+                       String previousValue = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(key);
+                       boolean wasDifferent = previousValue != null && !previousValue.equals(value);
+                       boolean keepPrevious = false;
+                       if (wasDifferent) {
+                               if (SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER.toString().equals(key) && previousValue != null)
+                                       keepPrevious = true;
+                               else if (BUNDLE_VERSION.toString().equals(key) && wasDifferent)
+                                       if (previousValue.equals(value + ".0")) // typically a Maven first release
                                                keepPrevious = true;
-                                       else if (BUNDLE_VERSION.toString().equals(key) && wasDifferent)
-                                               if (previousValue.equals(value + ".0")) // typically a Maven first release
-                                                       keepPrevious = true;
-
-                                       if (keepPrevious) {
-                                               if (logger.isLoggable(DEBUG))
-                                                       logger.log(DEBUG, file.getFileName() + ": " + key + " was NOT modified, value kept is "
-                                                                       + previousValue + ", not overriden with " + value);
-                                               value = previousValue;
-                                       }
-                               }
 
-                               manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(key, value);
-                               if (wasDifferent && !keepPrevious) {
-                                       if (IMPORT_PACKAGE.toString().equals(key) || EXPORT_PACKAGE.toString().equals(key))
-                                               logger.log(TRACE, () -> file.getFileName() + ": " + key + " was modified");
-                                       else
-                                               logger.log(WARNING, file.getFileName() + ": " + key + " was " + previousValue
-                                                               + ", overridden with " + value);
+                               if (keepPrevious) {
+                                       if (logger.isLoggable(DEBUG))
+                                               logger.log(DEBUG, file.getFileName() + ": " + key + " was NOT modified, value kept is "
+                                                               + previousValue + ", not overriden with " + value);
+                                       value = previousValue;
                                }
-
-                               // !! hack to remove unresolvable
-                               if (key.equals("Provide-Capability") || key.equals("Require-Capability"))
-                                       if (nameVersion.getName().equals("osgi.core") || nameVersion.getName().equals("osgi.cmpn")) {
-                                               manifest.getMainAttributes().remove(key);
-                                       }
                        }
 
-                       // license checks
-                       String spdxLicenceId = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER.toString());
-                       String bundleLicense = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(BUNDLE_LICENSE.toString());
-                       if (spdxLicenceId == null) {
-                               logger.log(ERROR, file.getFileName() + ": " + SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER + " not available, "
-                                               + BUNDLE_LICENSE + " is " + bundleLicense);
-                       } else {
-                               if (!licensesUsed.containsKey(spdxLicenceId))
-                                       licensesUsed.put(spdxLicenceId, new TreeSet<>());
-                               licensesUsed.get(spdxLicenceId).add(nameVersion.toString());
+                       manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(key, value);
+                       if (wasDifferent && !keepPrevious) {
+                               if (IMPORT_PACKAGE.toString().equals(key) || EXPORT_PACKAGE.toString().equals(key))
+                                       logger.log(TRACE, () -> file.getFileName() + ": " + key + " was modified");
+                               else if (BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString().equals(key) || AUTOMATIC_MODULE_NAME.toString().equals(key))
+                                       logger.log(DEBUG,
+                                                       file.getFileName() + ": " + key + " was " + previousValue + ", overridden with " + value);
+                               else
+                                       logger.log(WARNING,
+                                                       file.getFileName() + ": " + key + " was " + previousValue + ", overridden with " + value);
+                               origin.modified.add("MANIFEST header " + key);
                        }
 
-                       // write the MANIFEST
-                       try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(manifestPath)) {
-                               manifest.write(out);
+                       // !! hack to remove unresolvable
+                       if (key.equals("Provide-Capability") || key.equals("Require-Capability"))
+                               if (nameVersion.getName().equals("osgi.core") || nameVersion.getName().equals("osgi.cmpn")) {
+                                       manifest.getMainAttributes().remove(key);
+                                       origin.deleted.add("MANIFEST header " + key);
+                               }
+               }
+
+               // de-pollute MANIFEST
+               for (Iterator<Map.Entry<Object, Object>> manifestEntries = manifest.getMainAttributes().entrySet()
+                               .iterator(); manifestEntries.hasNext();) {
+                       Map.Entry<Object, Object> manifestEntry = manifestEntries.next();
+                       switch (manifestEntry.getKey().toString()) {
+                       case "Archiver-Version":
+                       case "Build-By":
+                       case "Created-By":
+                       case "Originally-Created-By":
+                       case "Tool":
+                       case "Bnd-LastModified":
+                               manifestEntries.remove();
+                               origin.deleted.add("MANIFEST header " + manifestEntry.getKey());
+                               break;
+                       default:
+                               if (sourceManifest != null && !sourceManifest.getMainAttributes().containsKey(manifestEntry.getKey()))
+                                       origin.added.add("MANIFEST header " + manifestEntry.getKey());
                        }
                }
-               origin.modified.add("jar MANIFEST (META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
+
+               processLicense(bundleDir, manifest);
+
+               origin.modified.add("MANIFEST (META-INF/MANIFEST.MF)");
+               // write the MANIFEST
+               try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(manifestPath)) {
+                       manifest.write(out);
+               }
                return bundleDir;
        }
 
+       /** Process SPDX license identifier. */
+       void processLicense(Path bundleDir, Manifest manifest) {
+               String spdxLicenceId = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER.toString());
+               String bundleLicense = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(BUNDLE_LICENSE.toString());
+               if (spdxLicenceId == null) {
+                       logger.log(ERROR, bundleDir.getFileName() + ": " + SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER + " not available, "
+                                       + BUNDLE_LICENSE + " is " + bundleLicense);
+               } else {
+                       // only use the first licensing option
+                       int orIndex = spdxLicenceId.indexOf(" OR ");
+                       if (orIndex >= 0)
+                               spdxLicenceId = spdxLicenceId.substring(0, orIndex).trim();
+
+                       String bundleDirName = bundleDir.getFileName().toString();
+                       // force licenses of some well-known components
+                       // even if we say otherwise (typically because from an Eclipse archive)
+                       if (bundleDirName.startsWith("org.apache."))
+                               spdxLicenceId = "Apache-2.0";
+                       if (bundleDirName.startsWith("com.sun.jna."))
+                               spdxLicenceId = "Apache-2.0";
+                       if (bundleDirName.startsWith("com.ibm.icu."))
+                               spdxLicenceId = "ICU";
+                       if (bundleDirName.startsWith("javax.annotation."))
+                               spdxLicenceId = "GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0";
+                       if (bundleDirName.startsWith("javax.inject."))
+                               spdxLicenceId = "Apache-2.0";
+                       if (bundleDirName.startsWith("org.osgi."))
+                               spdxLicenceId = "Apache-2.0";
+
+                       manifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER.toString(), spdxLicenceId);
+                       if (!licensesUsed.containsKey(spdxLicenceId))
+                               licensesUsed.put(spdxLicenceId, new TreeSet<>());
+                       licensesUsed.get(spdxLicenceId).add(bundleDir.getParent().getFileName() + "/" + bundleDir.getFileName());
+               }
+       }
+
        /*
         * UTILITIES
         */
@@ -993,23 +1306,23 @@ public class Repackage {
        NameVersion nameVersionFromManifest(Manifest manifest) {
                Attributes attrs = manifest.getMainAttributes();
                // symbolic name
-               String symbolicName = attrs.getValue(ManifestConstants.BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString());
+               String symbolicName = attrs.getValue(ManifestHeader.BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString());
                if (symbolicName == null)
                        return null;
                // make sure there is no directive
                symbolicName = symbolicName.split(";")[0];
 
-               String version = attrs.getValue(ManifestConstants.BUNDLE_VERSION.toString());
+               String version = attrs.getValue(ManifestHeader.BUNDLE_VERSION.toString());
                return new NameVersion(symbolicName, version);
        }
 
        /** Try to download from an URI. */
-       Path tryDownloadArchive(String uri, Path dir) throws IOException {
+       Path tryDownloadArchive(String uriStr, Path dir) throws IOException {
                // find mirror
                List<String> urlBases = null;
                String uriPrefix = null;
                uriPrefixes: for (String uriPref : mirrors.keySet()) {
-                       if (uri.startsWith(uriPref)) {
+                       if (uriStr.startsWith(uriPref)) {
                                if (mirrors.get(uriPref).size() > 0) {
                                        urlBases = mirrors.get(uriPref);
                                        uriPrefix = uriPref;
@@ -1019,69 +1332,73 @@ public class Repackage {
                }
                if (urlBases == null)
                        try {
-                               return downloadArchive(new URL(uri), dir);
-                       } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-                               throw new FileNotFoundException("Cannot find " + uri);
+                               return downloadArchive(new URI(uriStr), dir);
+                       } catch (FileNotFoundException | URISyntaxException e) {
+                               throw new FileNotFoundException("Cannot find " + uriStr);
                        }
 
                // try to download
                for (String urlBase : urlBases) {
-                       String relativePath = uri.substring(uriPrefix.length());
-                       URL url = new URL(urlBase + relativePath);
+                       String relativePath = uriStr.substring(uriPrefix.length());
+                       String uStr = urlBase + relativePath;
                        try {
-                               return downloadArchive(url, dir);
-                       } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-                               logger.log(WARNING, "Cannot download " + url + ", trying another mirror");
+                               return downloadArchive(new URI(uStr), dir);
+                       } catch (FileNotFoundException | URISyntaxException e) {
+                               logger.log(WARNING, "Cannot download " + uStr + ", trying another mirror");
                        }
                }
-               throw new FileNotFoundException("Cannot find " + uri);
+               throw new FileNotFoundException("Cannot find " + uriStr);
        }
 
        /**
-        * Effectively download. Synchronised in order to avoid downloading twice in
-        * parallel.
+        * Effectively download an archive.
         */
-       synchronized Path downloadArchive(URL url, Path dir) throws IOException {
-               return download(url, dir, (String) null);
+       Path downloadArchive(URI uri, Path dir) throws IOException {
+               return download(uri, dir, (String) null);
        }
 
-       /** Effectively download. */
-       Path download(URL url, Path dir, String name) throws IOException {
+       /**
+        * Effectively download. Synchronised in order to avoid downloading twice in
+        * parallel.
+        */
+       synchronized Path download(URI uri, Path dir, String name) throws IOException {
 
                Path dest;
                if (name == null) {
                        // We use also use parent directory in case the archive itself has a fixed name
-                       String[] segments = url.getPath().split("/");
+                       String[] segments = uri.getPath().split("/");
                        name = segments.length > 1 ? segments[segments.length - 2] + '-' + segments[segments.length - 1]
                                        : segments[segments.length - 1];
                }
 
                dest = dir.resolve(name);
                if (Files.exists(dest)) {
-                       logger.log(TRACE, () -> "File " + dest + " already exists for " + url + ", not downloading again");
+                       logger.log(TRACE, () -> "File " + dest + " already exists for " + uri + ", not downloading again");
                        return dest;
                } else {
                        Files.createDirectories(dest.getParent());
                }
 
-               try (InputStream in = url.openStream()) {
+               try (InputStream in = uri.toURL().openStream()) {
                        Files.copy(in, dest);
-                       logger.log(DEBUG, () -> "Downloaded " + dest + " from " + url);
+                       logger.log(DEBUG, () -> "Downloaded " + dest + " from " + uri);
                }
                return dest;
        }
 
        /** Create a JAR file from a directory. */
        Path createJar(Path bundleDir, A2Origin origin) throws IOException {
-               // write changes
-               origin.appendChanges(bundleDir);
-               // Create the jar
-               Path jarPath = bundleDir.getParent().resolve(bundleDir.getFileName() + ".jar");
                Path manifestPath = bundleDir.resolve("META-INF/MANIFEST.MF");
                Manifest manifest;
                try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(manifestPath)) {
                        manifest = new Manifest(in);
                }
+               // legal requirements
+               origin.appendChanges(bundleDir);
+               createReadMe(bundleDir, manifest);
+
+               // create the jar
+               Path jarPath = bundleDir.getParent().resolve(bundleDir.getFileName() + ".jar");
                try (JarOutputStream jarOut = new JarOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(jarPath), manifest)) {
                        jarOut.setLevel(Deflater.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION);
                        Files.walkFileTree(bundleDir, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
@@ -1101,139 +1418,161 @@ public class Repackage {
                }
                deleteDirectory(bundleDir);
 
-               if (sourceBundles) {
-                       Path bundleCategoryDir = bundleDir.getParent();
-                       Path sourceDir = bundleCategoryDir.resolve(bundleDir.toString() + ".src");
-                       if (!Files.exists(sourceDir)) {
-                               logger.log(WARNING, sourceDir + " does not exist, skipping...");
-                               return jarPath;
+               if (separateSources)
+                       createSourceJar(bundleDir, manifest, null);
 
-                       }
+               return jarPath;
+       }
+
+       /** Package sources separately, in the Eclipse-SourceBundle format. */
+       void createSourceJar(Path bundleDir, Manifest manifest, Properties props) throws IOException {
+               boolean unmodified = props != null;
+               Path bundleCategoryDir = bundleDir.getParent();
+               Path sourceDir = bundleCategoryDir.resolve(bundleDir.toString() + ".src");
+               if (!Files.exists(sourceDir)) {
+                       logger.log(WARNING, sourceDir + " does not exist, skipping...");
+                       return;
+               }
+
+               Path relPath = a2Base.relativize(bundleCategoryDir);
+               Path srcCategoryDir = a2SrcBase.resolve(relPath);
+               Path srcJarP = srcCategoryDir.resolve(sourceDir.getFileName() + ".jar");
+               Files.createDirectories(srcJarP.getParent());
+
+               String bundleSymbolicName = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("Bundle-SymbolicName").toString();
+               // in case there are additional directives
+               bundleSymbolicName = bundleSymbolicName.split(";")[0];
+               Manifest srcManifest = new Manifest();
+               srcManifest.getMainAttributes().put(MANIFEST_VERSION, "1.0");
+               BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.put(srcManifest, bundleSymbolicName + ".src");
+               BUNDLE_VERSION.put(srcManifest, BUNDLE_VERSION.get(manifest));
+               ECLIPSE_SOURCE_BUNDLE.put(srcManifest,
+                               bundleSymbolicName + ";version=\"" + BUNDLE_VERSION.get(manifest) + "\"");
+
+               // metadata
+               createReadMe(sourceDir, unmodified ? props : manifest);
+               // create jar
+               try (JarOutputStream srcJarOut = new JarOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(srcJarP), srcManifest)) {
+                       // srcJarOut.setLevel(Deflater.BEST_COMPRESSION);
+                       Files.walkFileTree(sourceDir, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
 
-                       Path relPath = a2Base.relativize(bundleCategoryDir);
-                       Path srcCategoryDir = a2SrcBase.resolve(relPath);
-                       Path srcJarP = srcCategoryDir.resolve(sourceDir.getFileName() + ".jar");
-                       Files.createDirectories(srcJarP.getParent());
-
-                       String bundleSymbolicName = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("Bundle-SymbolicName").toString();
-                       // in case there are additional directives
-                       bundleSymbolicName = bundleSymbolicName.split(";")[0];
-                       Manifest srcManifest = new Manifest();
-                       srcManifest.getMainAttributes().put(MANIFEST_VERSION, "1.0");
-                       srcManifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME.toString(), bundleSymbolicName + ".src");
-                       srcManifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(BUNDLE_VERSION.toString(),
-                                       manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(BUNDLE_VERSION.toString()).toString());
-                       srcManifest.getMainAttributes().putValue(ECLIPSE_SOURCE_BUNDLE.toString(), bundleSymbolicName
-                                       + ";version=\"" + manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue(BUNDLE_VERSION.toString()));
-
-                       try (JarOutputStream srcJarOut = new JarOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(srcJarP), srcManifest)) {
-                               srcJarOut.setLevel(Deflater.BEST_COMPRESSION);
-                               Files.walkFileTree(sourceDir, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
-
-                                       @Override
-                                       public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
-                                               if (file.getFileName().toString().equals("MANIFEST.MF"))
-                                                       return super.visitFile(file, attrs);
-                                               JarEntry entry = new JarEntry(
-                                                               sourceDir.relativize(file).toString().replace(File.separatorChar, '/'));
-                                               srcJarOut.putNextEntry(entry);
-                                               Files.copy(file, srcJarOut);
+                               @Override
+                               public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+                                       if (file.getFileName().toString().equals("MANIFEST.MF"))
                                                return super.visitFile(file, attrs);
-                                       }
+                                       JarEntry entry = new JarEntry(
+                                                       sourceDir.relativize(file).toString().replace(File.separatorChar, '/'));
+                                       srcJarOut.putNextEntry(entry);
+                                       Files.copy(file, srcJarOut);
+                                       return super.visitFile(file, attrs);
+                               }
 
-                               });
-                       }
-                       deleteDirectory(sourceDir);
+                       });
                }
-
-               return jarPath;
+               deleteDirectory(sourceDir);
        }
 
-       /** MANIFEST headers. */
-       enum ManifestConstants {
-               // OSGi
-               /** OSGi bundle symbolic name. */
-               BUNDLE_SYMBOLICNAME("Bundle-SymbolicName"), //
-               /** OSGi bundle version. */
-               BUNDLE_VERSION("Bundle-Version"), //
-               /** OSGi bundle license. */
-               BUNDLE_LICENSE("Bundle-License"), //
-               /** OSGi exported packages list. */
-               EXPORT_PACKAGE("Export-Package"), //
-               /** OSGi imported packages list. */
-               IMPORT_PACKAGE("Import-Package"), //
-               // Java
-               /** Java module name. */
-               AUTOMATIC_MODULE_NAME("Automatic-Module-Name"), //
-               // Eclipse
-               /** Eclipse source bundle. */
-               ECLIPSE_SOURCE_BUNDLE("Eclipse-SourceBundle"), //
-               // SPDX
-               /**
-                * SPDX license identifier.
-                * 
-                * @see https://spdx.org/licenses/
-                */
-               SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER("SPDX-License-Identifier"), //
-               // Argeo Origin
-               /**
-                * Maven coordinates of the origin, possibly partial when using common.bnd or
-                * merge.bnd.
-                */
-               ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2("Argeo-Origin-M2"), //
-               /** List of Maven coordinates to merge. */
-               ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_MERGE("Argeo-Origin-M2-Merge"), //
-               /** Maven repository, if not the default one. */
-               ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO("Argeo-Origin-M2-Repo"), //
-               /**
-                * Do not perform BND analysis of the origin component. Typically IMport_package
-                * and Export-Package will be kept untouched.
-                */
-               ARGEO_ORIGIN_MANIFEST_NOT_MODIFIED("Argeo-Origin-ManifestNotModified"), //
-               /**
-                * Origin (non-Maven) URI of the component. It may be anything (jar, archive,
-                * etc.).
-                */
-               ARGEO_ORIGIN_URI("Argeo-Origin-URI"), //
-               ;
-
-               final String value;
+       /**
+        * Generate a readme clarifying and prominently notifying of the repackaging and
+        * modifications.
+        */
+       void createReadMe(Path jarDir, Object mapping) throws IOException {
+               // write repackaged README
+               try (BufferedWriter writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(jarDir.resolve(README_REPACKAGED))) {
+                       boolean merged = ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_MERGE.get(mapping) != null;
+                       if (merged)
+                               writer.append("This component is a merging of third party components"
+                                               + " in order to comply with A2 packaging standards.\n");
+                       else
+                               writer.append("This component is a repackaging of a third party component"
+                                               + " in order to comply with A2 packaging standards.\n");
+
+                       // license
+                       String spdxLicenseId = SPDX_LICENSE_IDENTIFIER.get(mapping);
+                       if (spdxLicenseId == null)
+                               throw new IllegalStateException("An SPDX license id must have beend defined at this stage.");
+                       writer.append("\nIt is redistributed under the following license:\n\n");
+                       writer.append("SPDX-Identifier: " + spdxLicenseId + "\n\n");
+
+                       if (!spdxLicenseId.startsWith("LicenseRef")) {// standard
+                               int withIndex = spdxLicenseId.indexOf(" WITH ");
+                               if (withIndex >= 0) {
+                                       String simpleId = spdxLicenseId.substring(0, withIndex).trim();
+                                       String exception = spdxLicenseId.substring(withIndex + " WITH ".length());
+                                       writer.append("which are available here: https://spdx.org/licenses/" + simpleId
+                                                       + "\nand here: https://spdx.org/licenses/" + exception + "\n");
+                               } else {
+                                       writer.append("which is available here: https://spdx.org/licenses/" + spdxLicenseId + "\n");
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               String url = BUNDLE_LICENSE.get(mapping);
+                               if (url != null) {
+                                       writer.write("which is available here: " + url + "\n");
+                               } else {
+                                       logger.log(ERROR, "No licence URL for " + jarDir);
+                               }
+                       }
 
-               private ManifestConstants(String value) {
-                       this.value = value;
+                       // origin
+                       String originDesc = ARGEO_ORIGIN_URI.get(mapping);
+                       if (originDesc != null)
+                               writer.append("\nThe original component comes from " + originDesc + ".\n");
+                       else {
+                               String m2Repo = ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2_REPO.get(mapping);
+                               originDesc = ARGEO_ORIGIN_M2.get(mapping);
+                               if (originDesc != null)
+                                       writer.append("\nThe original component has M2 coordinates:\n" + originDesc.replace(',', '\n')
+                                                       + "\n" + (m2Repo != null ? "\nin M2 repository " + m2Repo + "\n" : ""));
+                               else
+                                       logger.log(ERROR, "Cannot find origin information in " + jarDir);
+                       }
+                       String originSources = ARGEO_ORIGIN_SOURCES_URI.get(mapping);
+                       if (originSources != null)
+                               writer.append("\nThe original sources come from " + originSources + ".\n");
+
+                       if (Files.exists(jarDir.resolve(CHANGES)))
+                               writer.append("\nA detailed list of changes is available under " + CHANGES + ".\n");
+
+                       if (!jarDir.getFileName().toString().endsWith(".src")) {// binary archive
+                               if (separateSources)
+                                       writer.append("Corresponding sources are available in the related archive named "
+                                                       + jarDir.toString() + ".src.jar.\n");
+                               else
+                                       writer.append("Corresponding sources are available under OSGI-OPT/src.\n");
+                       }
                }
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Gathers modifications performed on the original binaries and sources,
+        * especially in order to comply with their license requirements.
+        */
+       class A2Origin {
+               A2Origin() {
 
-               @Override
-               public String toString() {
-                       return value;
                }
-       }
-}
 
-/**
- * Gathers modifications performed on the original binaries and sources,
- * especially in order to comply with their license requirements.
- */
-class A2Origin {
-       Set<String> modified = new TreeSet<>();
-       Set<String> deleted = new TreeSet<>();
-       Set<String> added = new TreeSet<>();
-       Set<String> moved = new TreeSet<>();
-
-       /** Append changes to the A2-ORIGIN/changes file. */
-       void appendChanges(Path baseDirectory) throws IOException {
-               Path changesFile = baseDirectory.resolve("A2-ORIGIN/changes");
-               Files.createDirectories(changesFile.getParent());
-               try (BufferedWriter writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(changesFile, StandardOpenOption.APPEND,
-                               StandardOpenOption.CREATE)) {
-                       for (String msg : modified)
-                               writer.write("- Modified " + msg + ".\n");
-                       for (String msg : added)
-                               writer.write("- Added " + msg + ".\n");
-                       for (String msg : deleted)
-                               writer.write("- Deleted " + msg + ".\n");
-                       for (String msg : moved)
-                               writer.write("- Moved " + msg + ".\n");
+               Set<String> modified = new TreeSet<>();
+               Set<String> deleted = new TreeSet<>();
+               Set<String> added = new TreeSet<>();
+               Set<String> moved = new TreeSet<>();
+
+               /** Append changes to the A2-ORIGIN/changes file. */
+               void appendChanges(Path baseDirectory) throws IOException {
+                       if (modified.isEmpty() && deleted.isEmpty() && added.isEmpty() && moved.isEmpty())
+                               return; // no changes
+                       Path changesFile = baseDirectory.resolve(CHANGES);
+                       Files.createDirectories(changesFile.getParent());
+                       try (BufferedWriter writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(changesFile, APPEND, CREATE)) {
+                               for (String msg : added)
+                                       writer.write("- Added " + msg + ".\n");
+                               for (String msg : modified)
+                                       writer.write("- Modified " + msg + ".\n");
+                               for (String msg : moved)
+                                       writer.write("- Moved " + msg + ".\n");
+                               for (String msg : deleted)
+                                       writer.write("- Deleted " + msg + ".\n");
+                       }
                }
        }
 }
@@ -1302,19 +1641,15 @@ class M2ConventionsUtils {
        }
 
        /** Absolute path to the file */
-       static URL mavenRepoUrl(String repoBase, M2Artifact artifact) {
-               String url = artifactUrl(repoBase == null ? MAVEN_CENTRAL_BASE_URL : repoBase, artifact);
-               try {
-                       return new URL(url);
-               } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-                       // it should not happen
-                       throw new IllegalStateException(e);
-               }
+       static URI mavenRepoUrl(String repoBase, M2Artifact artifact) throws URISyntaxException {
+               String uri = artifactUrl(repoBase == null ? MAVEN_CENTRAL_BASE_URL : repoBase, artifact);
+               return new URI(uri);
        }
 
        /** Absolute path to the directories where the files will be stored */
        static String artifactParentPath(String artifactBasePath, M2Artifact artifact) {
-               return artifactBasePath + (artifactBasePath.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/") + artifactParentPath(artifact);
+               return artifactBasePath + (artifactBasePath.endsWith("/") || artifactBasePath.equals("") ? "" : "/")
+                               + artifactParentPath(artifact);
        }
 
        /** Relative path to the directories where the files will be stored */