settings.xml can include pluginManagement in a profile? I thought you could only include a few things like repos and properties, at least that's what the docs say.
http://maven.apache.org/ref/3.0.3/maven-settings/settings.html On 07/25/2011 06:43 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > I don't know about plugin-registry.xml, but you can distribute a > settings.xml for use with -gs that has an active-by-default profile > with a pluginManagement section that does the job. > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Kasun Gajasinghe <kasu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> I have a requirement where I need to specify specific versions for a >> set of (basic) plugins. Adding the versions to the pom isn't an option >> because we need to set the plugin versions for a vast number of >> _unrelated_ builds. >> As I've found at [1], I've manually created a plugin-registry.xml file >> with needed plugin versions added. In addition to that, I've created >> maven-metadata-local.xml file in the m2 repo under the plugin >> directories, pointing to <latest> and <release> versions. >> >> But, unfortunately, these specified versions were not picked up by >> mvn. I needed latest maven-compiler-plugin version 2.3.2, but it >> always try to use 2.0.2. I've noticed that [1] is somewhat outdated >> because --check-plugin-latest parameter doesn't available anymore. So, >> I'm asking, does the plugin-registry.xml is still used by maven? If >> not what is the mechanism for specifying specific plugin versions >> (apart from current/parent pom)? >> >> (I've seen in some posts that the plugin-registry.xml isn't used >> anymore, but debug mode shows that mvn retrieves data from that file. >> ) Apparently, maven-metada-local.xml isn't created automatically for >> me either. How I can instruct mvn to do that? >> >> My plugin-registry.xml is at [2]. (There wasn't a template for that. >> So, hope the format is correct!). maven-metadata-local.xml of >> maven-compiler-plugin is at [3]. >> I'm using official apache maven-2.2.1 build. >> >> Your help is much appreciated. >> >> [1] >> http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-plugin-registry.html >> [2] http://pastebin.com/yprQU2D2 >> [3] http://pastebin.com/Y375dwMg >> >> Thanks, >> --Kasun >> >> -- >> ~~~*******'''''''''''''*******~~~ >> Kasun Gajasinghe, >> University of Moratuwa, >> Sri Lanka. >> Blog: http://blog.kasunbg.org >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/kasunbg >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
