S.Leske created MNG-5632:
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Summary: Optional tag in dependencyManagement not inherited -
disallow and/or document
Key: MNG-5632
URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5632
Project: Maven 2 & 3
Issue Type: Improvement
Affects Versions: 3.2.1, 3.1.1
Reporter: S.Leske
Priority: Minor
As explained in MNG-1630 adn MNG-4600, specifying
{code}
<optional>true</optional>
{code}
in dependencyManagement has no effect. "optional" only takes effect when
specified directly in the "dependencies" section of the POM.
However, this is not documented anywhere, and rather unexpected, because both
version and scope can be set from dependencyManagement.
If the current behaviour is intentional, it should be documented. Ideally,
Maven should also disallow the use of "<optional>" in dependencyManagement (or
at least issue a warning).
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