I think we have a geronimo project build problem here. The specific problem we have it the geronimo-service.xml contained in the jetty module gets out of sync because it is the only module that uses this feature. The root problems are the file name has a confusing name, and the version numbers are hard coded. Propose we make the to changes to address these problems:
1. Rename the file to geronimo-dependencies.xml
I agree on renaming but would suggest something like geronimo-module.xml for the name to reflect that it might contain more than just dependency information (although that is all we do right now).
2. Auto generate the file using a properties tag on the depend element in the project.xml file
<dependency> <groupId>jetty</groupId> <artifactId>org.mortbay.jetty</artifactId> <version>${jetty_version}</version> <properties> <geronimo.dependency>true</geronimo.dependency> </properties> </dependency>
+1 - presumably this would be a modification to the plugin to generate the current file. In the future the plugin could also scan for gbean metadata in the source tree and fill out the other elements.
-- Jeremy
