Have you considered using snapshot versions for C? If both A and B depend on a snapshot, they will automatically take the latest version in the repository.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5901378/what-exactly-is-a-maven-snapshot-and-why-do-we-need-it#5901460 > On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:34 PM, Halper, Andrew <ashal...@usgs.gov> wrote: > > Greetings, > > I was wondering if someone might be able to help with a Maven version > management problem we've encountered. > > We have several interdependent, legacy Java projects, that have recently > been re-cast as Maven projects. Now that we have the first iteration done, > it's apparent that one salient characteristic of this particular group of > projects is: there are about a half-dozen "front-end" projects that depend > on an intermediate layer of several projects, which in turn depend on a > rather large, "monolithic" type project at the back. For the sake of > brevity, a set of projects A, depends (selectively) on a set of projects B, > which in turn depend on a single project c (the monolithic one). > > A colleague would like to be able to increment the version number of > project c, then recompile the set of projects A, without having to > re-specify c's prerequisite version number occurrences in each pom.xml file > of each (intermediate level) project in B each time project c's version is > incremented. This would almost surely be desired only in development, and > not in a test or production environment. > > Could anyone tell me if there is an intrinsic Maven feature that could be > employed here? The present, proposed solution to the problem is to declare > the <scope> of each of c's dependency declarations in each B project's > pom.xml as "provided", but I am uneasy with this. For example, what if > someone wanted to compile a project in B in isolation from the projects in > A? > > Thanks very much, > -- > Andy Halper > USGS WMA Software Engineering > 520 N Park Ave Ste 221 > Tucson AZ 85719 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org
