Which a snapshot repository or a mavenized released version on a
maven
repository, it should not be a problem to checkout tomahawk only and
compile it (indepent of the first option or the second option).
I had thought about this. Is there a way to tell Maven "Use my local
repository if it is newer then the maven repository?" Things could
get kind of confusing if you are using your latest commons code in the
IDE but Maven is using the last official release ...
I need to respond to the other stuff too but this I've beaten my head
against my monitor on far to much :-)
So that others don't have to I'll respond now...
When you do a 'mvn install' the product (typically the jar file
produced by the build) is installed in the local repository (~/.m2/
repository), and maven won't download it unless the pom explicitly
depends on a different version.
So for example
myfaces/commons/pom.xml->version = 1.1.2-SNAPSHOT
myfaces/impl/pom.xml -> dependency/groupId=org.apache.myfaces
artifactId=myfaces-commons version=1.1.2-SNAPSHOT
when in myfaces/commons if you do a 'mvn install' then 1.1.2-SNAPSHOT
will be installed locally, when you do the same from myfaces/impl you
would pick up the jar just installed instead of downloading anything.
The other cool thing with a 'parent pom' is that you'd only specify
the dependency version once in the top level pom so that we would not
have to change it over and over again in the subprojects/modules.
Also you would be able to do an 'mvn install' from the top level and
maven will take care of building everything in order for you and get
it all into your local repo (~/.m2/repository).
TTFN,
-bd-
