On 18 May 2012 18:00, Fabian Christ <[email protected]> wrote: > 2012/5/18 Peter Ansell <[email protected]>: >> In addition, the parent groupId and version can be inherited by the >> pom file, so the pom file header can be reduced from: >> >> <groupId>org.apache.stanbol</groupId> >> <artifactId>org.apache.stanbol.ontologymanager.web</artifactId> >> <version>0.10.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version> >> <packaging>bundle</packaging> >> >> to: >> >> <artifactId>org.apache.stanbol.ontologymanager.web</artifactId> >> <packaging>bundle</packaging> > > The parent POM's release cycle is also independent of the components' > release cycle. So the parent POM and its version may be stable for > some time but during this time different components get released. In > this configuration it is not possible to inherit the version from the > parent POM. I am not sure about the groupId. > > Best, > - Fabian
You should be okay to inherit groupId unless you expect the parent pom's groupId to change or the child to not inherit it. Peter
