On Nov 8, 2011, at 1:30 PM, Jörg Schaible wrote:

> 
> If the support is added for definitions in the local POM only, I really bet 
> that the first question on the list will be "I want to declare this 
> attribute always with that dependency - how can I do it?" ;-)
> 

Ultimately when/if it's in the POM that will be the case.

> However, I am in the same boat with David. We have a also a plugin that 
> would be a lot easier to configure with such attributes.
> 

This is the primary use case for dependency properties. So that plugins the 
produce created can act on these properties.

> Cheers,
> Jörg
> 
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Thanks,

Jason

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