Is there a plugin you are aware of which supports this? If yes, +1 Best, Christian -----------------
Software Integration Specialist Apache Camel committer: https://camel.apache.org/team V.P. Apache Camel: https://www.apache.org/foundation/ Apache Member: https://www.apache.org/foundation/members.html https://www.linkedin.com/pub/christian-mueller/11/551/642 On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Jan Matèrne (jhm) <apa...@materne.de> > wrote: > >> > What do you propose the "list of all the camel components and some > >> > other stuff" should go? > >> > > >> > >> They should stay where they are. Its just all the versions that gets > >> moved into its own file, so the file ONLY has the versions. And that > >> makes the diff much easier. > > > > Do you mean to externalize the complete dependency (groupid, artefactid, > > version) or just the version (and using properties in the pom)? > > > > Jan > > > > <pom> > > <dependencies> > > <includeDependencies/> > > </dependencies> > > </pom> > > > > <pom> > > <loadVersionProperties/> > > <dependencies> > > <dependency> > > <groupdId>junit</groupId> > > <artefactId>junit</artefactId> > > <version>${dependency.junit.version}</version> > > ... > > > > Yeah only the versions (we already have today in the parent/pom.xml) > in the <properties> should be externalized in its own file. So we have > both the parent/pom.xml and another file with the versions. > > (Though not sure how to do that in Maven. But would assume its possible) > > eg in parent/pom.xml we have 200+ versions and a bunch of other stuff. > > <properties> > > <!-- dependency versions --> > <abdera-version>1.1.3</abdera-version> > <!-- Note that activemq dependency is only used for testing! --> > <activemq-version>5.8.0</activemq-version> > <ahc-version>1.7.19</ahc-version> > <ant-bundle-version>1.7.0_6</ant-bundle-version> > > > -- > Claus Ibsen > ----------------- > Red Hat, Inc. > Email: cib...@redhat.com > Twitter: davsclaus > Blog: http://davsclaus.com > Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen >