> -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:53 AM > To: Maven Developers List > Subject: Re: xml entities and maven 2 > > > J�rg Schaible wrote: > > ><dependencies> > > <definition id="mx4j"> > > <groupId>mx4j</groupId> > > <version>2.1.1</version> > > <url>http://mx4j.sf.net</url> > > </definition> > > <dependency> > > <artifactId>mx4j-jmx</artifactId> > > <ref id="mx4j" /> > > </dependency> > ></dependencies> > > > > > I think we'd be more likely to allow something like: > <version>${project.getDependency("mx4j").version}</version> > > ... though I'm still hesitant to suggest that is a good idea. > > Again, transitive dependencies means most of these won't be specified > anyway, and the above is going to dramatically complicate, if not make > impossible future, more advanced, dependency mediation (eg when you > specify a range of versions). Not to mention being an eye sore (I'm > referring to both examples :) >
BTW: Are there still some plans to support "group" dependencies in m2? Michal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
