Here's a workaround in the meantime: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/pom/trunk/asf/pom.xml?p2=%2Fmaven%2Fpom%2Ftrunk%2Fasf%2Fpom.xml&p1=%2Fmaven%2Fpom%2Ftrunk%2Fasf%2Fpom.xml&r1=1065778&r2=1065777&view=diff&pathrev=1065778
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:12 AM, John Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I believe this is the right mailing list, but please send me else where if > not. > > I would like to request that a new profile activation type be added, > which is based upon the maven version that is executing. What are > people version upon this change? > > Base Ground > ---- > I've just done an upgrade from maven 2 to maven 3, it was a staggered > upgrade so not all developers where done at the same time, as well as > upgrading to maven 3 did not break anything. I had to create two > profiles which contained version properties to use respectively. One > issues was developer where using the wrong profile, or missing > profile. > > > > e.g. > > <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 > http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd";> > ... > <profiles> > ... > <profile> > <id>maven2-profile</id> > <activation> > <maven>2+</maven> > ... > <profile> > <id>maven3-profile</id> > <activation> > <maven>3+</maven> > ... > > So you can define which maven version to activate on, using a regex > type pattern. > e.g. > --- 3+ maven version 3 or newer > --- 3.0.1 specifically maven version 3.0.1 > > What are peoples views on this change, I realize that maven > prerequisites exists but that is a hard limit, where as maven 2 to 3 > you needed different plugin version and everything still worked okay. > > Cheers, > John > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
