See my comments on the new Maven thread ...

On 1/10/06, Wendy Smoak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1/10/06, Bill Dudney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Ah the artifactId, is what is causing it...
> > I really think we need a top level pom that is obviously a top level pom.
> >
> > What does everyone think about deleting 'build' and moving that pom into
> > current?
>
> I wouldn't put a pom in current, though I can't come up with a
> coherent reason why not.  I don't use it, but ISTR complaints from
> Eclipse users about that sort of structure.  I'd have to see what IDEA
> thinks of it before commenting further. :)
>
> Maven actually looks in the repository for the parent pom, so it
> doesn't matter too much where it lives.  You can use
>   <parent>
>      ...
>      <relativePath>../path/pom.xml</relativePath>
>   </parent>
> to provide a hint.  This lets Maven pick up local modifications to the
> parent pom before it's installed in the repository.
>
> --
> Wendy
>

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