On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:20:40 Ralph Goers wrote: > Why aren't you using dependencyManagement instead of the technique shown > below? Good question, please refute/correct/flame if/where possible
1) there was no way to use dependencyManagement with deps when I adopted the technique. This works now with pom depedencies i think but I'm not certain it provides all the benefits. 2) because and i might be wrong but dependencyManagement messes with the version defined up the chain when what I want is a localised enforcement, its important to isolate the dependency and apply exclusions and version restrictions to guarantee that I get consistent resolution. 3) also because i actually use jars for the composites/constraints so that the poms and pom properties end up in my aggregations - they are single merged together... reasons are OT - so i can unravel what actually ended up in the jar if needed. 4) is it possible to use version ranges in dependencyManagement? I was thinking not but have not tried recently. Once you get a reasonable set of constrained external depdencies you naturally want to define them in terms of each other to reduce overhead and to ensure better consistency -- Michael McCallum Enterprise Engineer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
