Should maven not have a Concept to support multiple schema versions?

Am 23.08.2013 um 05:08 schrieb Mark Derricutt <m...@talios.com>:

> On 23/08/2013, at 2:52 PM, Phillip Hellewell <ssh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Stephen Connolly
>> <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Beware.... the changing of the pom schema is a thorny subject... at present
>>> we are still stuck trying to decide how to evolve to the next schema
>>> (whatever that is) without breaking *everything*
>> 
>> How does the addition of a new optional element cause problems?
> 
> Because any XML parser that tries to validate the DTD would come up and say 
> "hey, hold on - this is an unknown element!" and barf.
> 

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