[Dependencies] Override parent dependency scope without specifying version
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Key: MNG-2191
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-2191
Project: Maven 2
Type: New Feature
Components: Dependencies
Versions: 2.0.2
Reporter: Jacob Robertson
Priority: Minor
In my parent pom, I have log4j listed as a runtime dependency (since log4j is
discovered by commons-logging). In the child pom, it turns out that I need to
depend on it with compile scope (since I have a custom appender). My issue is
that I want to minimize the maintenance of these poms, so I'd prefer if the
child pom didn't have to specify what version of log4j it depends on. However,
if I take out the version element I get "Project build error Failed to validate
POM" (In the Eclipse maven2 console). What I'm looking for is something like
this
<dependency>
<groupId>log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
<scope>compile</scope>
<versionInheritedFromParentPom>true</versionInheritedFromParentPom>
</dependency>
You get the idea...
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