Alright! I have an explanation. It seems project.parent.parent.version does NOT resolve during dependency checks. project.parent.version DOES resolve at that time. project.parent.parent.version will resolve later just fine - even during validate.
However I can solve this with dependency management. I will see if I can make a different PR. --- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/jclouds/jclouds-cli/pull/10#issuecomment-21221938
