OK, I just moved the issue to https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MDEP-450 Regards Mirko -- http://illegalstateexception.blogspot.com/ https://github.com/mfriedenhagen/ (http://osrc.dfm.io/mfriedenhagen) https://bitbucket.org/mfriedenhagen/
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Robert Scholte <codeh...@sourcegrounds.com> wrote: > +1 for the m-dependency-p > > Op Mon, 23 Jun 2014 01:08:09 +0200 schreef Stephen Connolly > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com>: > >> Ancestors are dependencies, you cannot build a project without its >> parent... You just don't reference them in a dependencies section is all! >> >> I think it actually would suit perfectly in dependency:tree (esp when you >> consider that crazy people can and do put dependencies in parent projects >> in order to inject them into all children) >> >> On Sunday, 22 June 2014, Mirko Friedenhagen <mfriedenha...@codehaus.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Good points, Stephen. As ancestors are not dependencies, I would prefer >>> to >>> enhance the help plugin instead. Ccing this to maven-dev >>> >>> Regards >>> Mirko >>> -- >>> Sent from my mobile >>> On Jun 22, 2014 10:39 PM, "Stephen Connolly" < >>> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>> >>>> My concern is that the versions plugin has become a catch-all-grab-bag. >>>> >>>> I want to consolidate its functionality and reduce the number of goals >>>> and options that people need to use it. >>>> >>>> This is adding a new goal. The goal itself does not say anything about >>>> whether there are updates available (and it should not really as the >>>> only >>>> update in an ancestor that you can achieve on the pom you are looking at >>>> is >>>> the immediate parent. >>>> >>>> I think this might suit better beside dependency:tree or >>>> help:effective-pom where the plugins are not concerned with either >>>> comparing versions of things against the available versions or updating >>>> versions of things. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 22 June 2014 21:22, Mirko Friedenhagen <mfriedenha...@codehaus.org >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mfriedenha...@codehaus.org');>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Stephen, >>>>> >>>>> what do you think about adding this? I have already a working >>>>> implementation at >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/branches/mfriedenhagen/versions-maven-plugin-display-ancestors >>>>> with an IT and would like to merge this back to trunk. >>>>> >>>>> See svn diff >>>>> https://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/trunk/mojo/versions-maven-plugin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://svn.codehaus.org/mojo/branches/mfriedenhagen/versions-maven-plugin-display-ancestors >>>>> for the diff. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Mirko >>>>> >>>> >>>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email