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Jörg Hohwiller commented on MNG-4161:
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@Anders:
I agree. What you are suggesting is more or less MNG-624
I also think that this would be the key to solve all this as all problems can
be solved with this via properties, etc.
Together with MNG-2971 one would not even have to version and release all
parent POMs all the time.
See also:
http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVEN/best+practices+-+version+management+in+multi+project+bu
> possibility to omit version in dependency of same project (and fill in on
> install/deploy)
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>
> Key: MNG-4161
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4161
> Project: Maven 2 & 3
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Dependencies, Deployment
> Reporter: Jörg Hohwiller
> Fix For: Issues to be reviewed for 3.x
>
>
> I want to suggest a feature discussed on dev-list:
> A <dependency> currently must have <groupId>, <artifactId> and <version>.
> If you have a complex multi-module project you typically have lots of project
> internal dependencies.
> Typically these dependencies point to the same version that is currently
> active (on disc/head).
> So for the main usecase you have the version of a module redundant (a lot!)
> causing lots of maintenance overhead, that might be covered by release-plugin
> but might be not (in my case and there are others as well).
> Following the principle "Conventions over Configuration", a coming version of
> maven should allow
> to omit the version of a dependency if a pom.xml is loaded for a build (NOT
> from repository)
> AND the reactor contains a module that has the same groupId and artifactId.
> In that
> case maven will behave as if the version was declared in the pom.xml with the
> version-value of
> the module in the reactor. In any other case maven will fail.
> The feature can be combined with MNG-2576 so that it also makes sense if just
> a single
> module or a sub-tree of the project is to be build.
> Additionally the ArtifactInstaller and ArtifactDeployer have to guarantee,
> that when the pom.xml
> is installed or deployed, that the omitted version(s) are automatically
> filled in.
> This feature will therefore be 100% compatible with older versions of maven
> and will never
> be visible in the repository. If a pom is loaded from any repository
> (including local repo)
> maven should NOT accept it in order to avoid accidental usage or even miss
> usage of this feature.
> Besides it is just an option that would NOT hurt anybody not interested in
> the feature.
> But for those that get crazy maintaining large projects and for some reason
> do NOT follow
> the philosophy of release-plugin, this feature would bring final freedom!
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