I can see how, given your situation, using excludes is a more general solution. I guess I'm fortunate not to be in that situation, though I'm glad to learn of the per-conf exclude at the <dependencies> level; I wasn't previously aware it could be used like that.
Yeah, I just found that <dependencies> level exclude this weekend after opening this thread and it's a big step in the right direction. This feature is apparently new to version 2.*. Would have been even better if the include directive had worked there so I could externalize it.
I hope this discussion has/will help others work this out. Steve
